Eagle's racks emptied after publication of controversial column addressing rape
March 29, 2010
WASHINGTON -- Several stacks of The Eagle, the student
newspaper at American University in Washington, D.C., were removed from racks
around campus and left outside the newspaper's office today after a
controversial column was printed in the issue.
Eagle Editor-in-Chief Jen Calantone said the staff estimates more
than a thousand copies of their total 6,000 circulation were taken from racks,
but there is no exact count yet. The papers were thrown outside the newspaper
office and the staff later replaced them on racks around campus.
"We ran a
column
... and people were upset because [the columnist] posed a question regarding the
line between what's rape and what's not rape. So we had a poster on
several of our stacks and a poster by our office just making a claim of him
being a rape apologist," Calantone said. The signs posted on racks read
"No room for rape apologists."
She said the student media adviser contacted American University Public
Safety upon realizing what happened. The Public Safety office could not be
reached for comment as of press time.
The staff is currently working on organizing Thursday's issue, which
will feature reactions to the column and the incident.
The university could not be reached for comment as of press time.
By Katie Maloney, SPLC staff writer
© 2010 Student Press Law Center
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