Asbury Park Press: CMA reiterates support for Bosley

The comments made by Tara Kelly appearing in this article from today's Asbury Park Press are very disturbing.

Newspaper group urges college to reinstate Bosley
Censure could be a possibility

Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 04/1/06

BY JOSEPH PICARD
TOMS RIVER BUREAU
DOVER TOWNSHIP — A national support group for college newspaper advisers is calling for the reinstatement of Karen Bosley, the ousted adviser of the Viking News, Ocean County College's student publication.

"We'd like to see both sides work out their differences and the college reinstate Bosley to her former position," said Kathy Lawrence, director of student media at the University of Texas at Austin and chairwoman of the advocacy program for College Media Advisers.

"That's not going to happen," said Tara Kelly, OCC vice president for college advancement. She added that, because of the school's budget crisis — triggered by a $1.2 million cut in state aid — the administration is not going to assign any newspaper adviser.

Bosley herself said Friday she was pleased that the report supported her position, but she did not expect the administration to give any ground.

"They're going in the opposite direction," she said...

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