that full day on February 17, as she did work her entire shift. Findikyan's dismissal " memo," as it was labelled, was signed by the members ofthe EBoard and vice president for multicultural affuirs Yusemaughtrey. Michelle Rozoff, SA activities coordinator, was asked to sign, yet refused. ldon' tknowwhy-shedidn'tretum my calls. On Friday, March 17, Pipe Dream printed a "Letter from the Editor: To the Binghamton University Community" that detailed a cleansed version of the FindikyaniSA imbroglio. They could have printed something earlier (in their Tuesday issue}-and they almost printed nothing at all.
(determined at both the Monday and Wednesday editorial meetings) not to run a story on either Findikyan' s firing (because he felt it was 'Justified" ) or the threat (because, he asserted, Pipe Dream " couldn't objectively report on it," as it concerned them directly). Unger said this in a journalism class, of which he, Pipe Dream News Editor Alyson Heegan, and I are enrolled. It was here where the class attempted to shame Unger and Heegan into printing a story, especially about the actions of Printz and Majewski, which Heegan did not feel newsworthy as ." it was ' only a threat. " Eventually, Heegan was convinced to leave class and call Luraschi, asking her to leave room in the paper (which was being assembled that evening) lest they decide to run something To Publish Or Not To Publish about the incident. She came back desponUnger said the issue was "hashed out" dent, however, and said Luraschi wasn't during their Monday and Wednesday editorial going to run anything as the issue had been meetings: " ... some people thought we should resolved at their previous editorial meetings. give the matterno coverage, and some wanted Obviously, she had changed her mind. Upon speaking with Luraschi, she conto put it on the front page." StaffWriter Joey Kusnick said Monday's firmed that Pipe Dream preferred to keep meeting was quiet, with little discourse. For both Findikyan' s firing and the SA duo's some reason, everyone seemed to be in silent threats concealed from the public. In surprising candor, she admitted that Pipe Dream only agreement not to run the story, he said. Wednesday's meeting was more heated, he printed their " editorial" because they could no ' said, but Unger and Luraschi just wanted to longer keep the stories quiet. convince people they shouldn't print anything Let the Lies Begin - they weren't interested in other views. The Friday editorial appeared because they Back to the story .. .Pipe Dream' s apology couldn't keep the story quiet, said Katz, Kusnick, Bilson, and Art Beat Associate stated: " However, we decided that if they [Printz and Majewski] had been intent on Editor Jotharn Schwartz in agreement. Unger, not surprisingly, disagreed. Even if carrying out the threat, they would have Pipe Dream could have suppressed the spoken to Unger or Luraschi directly incident, he said, we would have written people who had the power to stop the article something about it: "I'm not going to spend from going in." But, according to Katz, seven hours in meetings and not write "Majewski said the only reason he grabbed just me was because Howie and Monica were anything," said Unger. On March 16, however- one day prior to not there." They certainly intended on my Pipe Dream's token support ofjournalistic conveying the threat back to them, he added; integrity - Unger had views to the contrary. they were threatening Pipe Dream, not me. Unger stood by Pipe Qream's position Printz, in her April II Pipe Dream
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