November
14, 2000
To
Whom It May Concern:
My
name is Charles Richards and I am the president and owner of Regional Publishing
Corp. located in Palos Heights, IL. Our
company is the largest printer of high school and college newspapers in America.
We currently have a contract to print the student newspaper “The
Innovator” of Governors State University in University Park, IL.
GSU is an Illinois public senior community college. We have printed this newspaper for many years.
Recently
I received a phone call at my office from a person who said she was Dean
Patricia Carter calling from Governors State University on behalf of the GSU
administration. She told me that
Regional Publishing was not to print any more issues of
“The Innovator” without first calling her personally and then she,
herself, or someone else from the administration department would come to our
printing plant, read the student newspaper’s contents, nd approve the paper
for printing by us. The same person
called back later and made the same request.
I replied that I would call her but that my interpretation of the current
law precludes such administrative approval prior to printing.
It is my understanding that the entire cost of printing this newspaper
comes from GSU student activity funds. However,
I am not an attorney, so the final decision on the proper handling of this
matter should not be left to me.
Sincerely,
Charles
Richards,
President