You have a responsiblity -- especially at an institution with such a perceived liberal bias as SFSU -- to do better than this.

Please, demonstrate to your readers that the SFSU journalism program has enough wisdom and integrity to teach its students the value of seeking out alternative voices -- even when those voices seem to have a different political agenda than that which is most prevelant among the staff or among the student body in general.

Otherwise you -- the journalists involved, the paper, and the university -- are only reinforcing a sad (but unnecessary) truth: that the integrity of an 'oppressed' people's struggle stems only from their status as such, and that when put in a position from which they can control the discourse, they will quickly demonstrate a sectarian bias as reprehensible as that they have so long claimed to be fighting.

We all deserve better.

Thank you Randall for reminding us about objectivity. Your opinion is well-written and appreciated by a fellow member of the journalism field.

Thank you Randall for teaching us that Journalism grad students like yourself have nothing better to do than brag about the perceived immaculate quality of obtaining news, i.e., the correct way to voice point of views on a student newspaper. WRONG. One opinion is just as justifiable as the other. And as you said, for a known "liberal" school, the point of view will be nearly uniform as unfortunate as it may be. Good luck in polishing the golden age of Journalism until it is stripped bare when you get your Michael Jordan at Berkeley. Get a life.

I'm not a journalism student, incidentally. Peace.