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Latino-Native American Cultural Center newspaper clippings, 1970-2001
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Rally Continued from page one together." Rojas declined to comment when asked if any legal action would be taken against he [[italics]]Review[[end italics]]. BSU president James Lee echoed Rojas-Cardona's concern, saying "We will not allow ourselves to be intimidated." The speakers also criticized the administration for allowing the [[italics]]Review[[end italics] to be distributed at the Union. But the First Amendment protects the [[italics]]Review[[end italics]]'s right to distribute the paper, said Diane Hightower, coordinator of the Office of Campus Programs. Although the amendment grants freedom of expression, newspapers should not be excused from upholding minority rights, she added. "As humans beings we have a responsibility to one another to encourage cultural diversity. We have to look at what our freedom of speech means and what our constitutional rights mean regarding minorities," she said. [[Italics]]Campus Review[[end italics]] editor Jeff Renander said accusations that the [[italics]]Review[[end italics]] is racist were baseless. The newspaper prints many non-racist articles, he said, citing an article that he said criticized the election of former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke to the Louisiana state Senate. He added that some of the staff members are minorities. "If they're really concerned about these things why don't they go after the Klan and the Nazis instead of the [[italics]]Campus Review,[[end italics]]" he said. He attributed the rally to an emotional, post-election atmosphere. "This is all motivated because of politics and the Student Senate elections," Renander said. But racist articles should not be taken lightly, said Olivero Rivera-Davila, student senator and president of the Latin American Student Association. "I don't think they're joking," he said. People who view racist comments as jokes perpetuate racist attitudes, he said. Media portrayal of blacks can often be interpreted as racist, said Gregory Kelley, BSU vice-president.
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Rally Continued from page one together." Rojas declined to comment when asked if any legal action would be taken against he [[italics]]Review[[end italics]]. BSU president James Lee echoed Rojas-Cardona's concern, saying "We will not allow ourselves to be intimidated." The speakers also criticized the administration for allowing the [[italics]]Review[[end italics] to be distributed at the Union. But the First Amendment protects the [[italics]]Review[[end italics]]'s right to distribute the paper, said Diane Hightower, coordinator of the Office of Campus Programs. Although the amendment grants freedom of expression, newspapers should not be excused from upholding minority rights, she added. "As humans beings we have a responsibility to one another to encourage cultural diversity. We have to look at what our freedom of speech means and what our constitutional rights mean regarding minorities," she said. [[Italics]]Campus Review[[end italics]] editor Jeff Renander said accusations that the [[italics]]Review[[end italics]] is racist were baseless. The newspaper prints many non-racist articles, he said, citing an article that he said criticized the election of former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke to the Louisiana state Senate. He added that some of the staff members are minorities. "If they're really concerned about these things why don't they go after the Klan and the Nazis instead of the [[italics]]Campus Review,[[end italics]]" he said. He attributed the rally to an emotional, post-election atmosphere. "This is all motivated because of politics and the Student Senate elections," Renander said. But racist articles should not be taken lightly, said Olivero Rivera-Davila, student senator and president of the Latin American Student Association. "I don't think they're joking," he said. People who view racist comments as jokes perpetuate racist attitudes, he said. Media portrayal of blacks can often be interpreted as racist, said Gregory Kelley, BSU vice-president.
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