Lately, there has been some confusion in online comments about what the University does and does not allow The Gonzaga Bulletin staff to publish. We would like to officially set the record straight.
According to Gonzaga University's Statement of Editorial and Management Policies, "the publisher of all Gonzaga University publications is the Board of Trustees of the University. The Trustees, acting through the President, finance student and other publications from any source without relinquishing legal responsibility for these publications."
What that means to us is that all of our stories are assigned by student editors and written by student writers. When deemed necessary, Bulletin editors will consult University officials in order to check the facts of an article and ensure that we are publishing the most accurate and up-to-date information available to us.
Collectively, during our time at The Bulletin as a staff, we have not seen an article pulled from the paper by the administration during this fact checking process. If an article has been pulled it was done by the Editor-in-Chief. We suspect that a lot of this confusion stems from the fact that Gonzaga is a private institution and, because of this, the First Amendment does not apply. Nonetheless, just because the administration can censor, doesn't mean they feel they should censor. In our collective experience as a staff, we feel that the current administration fully respects this fact, and strives to maintain a publication free of prior restraint or arbitrary censorship.
Among the young careers of The Bulletin staff, we have adhered to the journalistic standards of fairness, balance and accuracy. In the end, what is printed in The Gonzaga Bulletin is the work and responsibility of the student staff and does not reflect the opinion of University administration.
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