B.U. Student Board Requests University To Support Paper

The Boston University (B.U.) Student Allocations Advisory Board voted Wednesday to recommend that the university fund "the bu exposure," a B.U. student newspaper that is currently involved in a dispute with the B.U. administration over editorial control.

The board, which is composed of students, approved the recommendation by a vote of eight to four, with one abstention, after receiving a petition supporting "the exposure" that was signed by 1675 B.U. students and 23 university faculty members.

Johan A. Madson, B.U. dean of Student Life must make the final decision on the provision of $4372.18 in university funds to "exposure."

Madson said in a press statement released yesterday "the monies will be forthcoming to the newspaper if it agrees to operate under the guidelines established for student publications." The guidelines include an agreement by "the exposure" to allow a B.U. faculty adviser to read the paper before printing and to delete libellous statements.

"The exposure" said in a statement released last week "it will under no circumstances submit its copy to the administration to be read over and edited or censored in any way. That right rests with the staff of 'the exposure.'"

Lynn M. Sadok, an "exposure" staff member, said yesterday Madson's statement was "no surprise." She added, "As a collective, we haven't made a decision as to what our move will be." "We still continue to oppose the right of the administration to veto student allocated funds, since these funds are initiated by the students' $20 activities fee," Sadok added.

Madson said last week "censorship-that's not what I'm concerned about at all. A publication that is done under the legal umbrella of the university makes the university responsible for the paper."

Madson added yesterday, under the university's guidelines, "the exposure's" faculty adviser would be empowered "only to worry about libellous kinds of statements."

"The exposure" announced last week that it will retain legal counsel in its dispute with the university's administration. The Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union last week sent a letter to B.U.'s president supporting "the exposure."