Jane Buckley and the Freedom of the Press

Elsewhere in this issue there appears a criticism, written by the Sports Editor, of Jane Buckley's conduct in publicly disagreeing with the rest of Exec, on the matter of censorship. The Editor does not accept the validity of the arguments brought forward, in all sincerity, by the Sports Editor. It is his belief that in doing what she did Jane Buckley showed a rare degree of personal integrity and gumption. Sometimes it is necessary to ignore constitutional quibbles in a defence of principles.

If, in the circumstances, Jane Buckley had resigned, it would have been necessary to have a fresh election of all the co-opted members on Exec. This is because Exec, has already co-opted as many members as it has the constitutional power to do and because it may not leave any vacancies on Exec.

Consequently, resignation would have caused considerable disruption in the management of student affairs in that a special election would have been necessitated.