Article: Crowd occupies Daily Californian office over controversial cartoon

Eric Ostrem
University Wire
09-19-2001
(Daily Californian) (U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. -- More than 100 protesters clogged the lobby of The Daily Californian office for several hours late Tuesday night demanding an apology for an editorial cartoon printed in Tuesday's edition.

The protesters refused to leave without an assurance that a formal apology would be printed in today's edition of the paper.

In a statement prepared by the Senior Editorial Board -- the student editors who make policy decisions for the independent paper -- the board said it "will not issue an apology" for the cartoon, which "in no way reflects the views and opinions of The Daily Californian."

By press time, the ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!