June 6, 2008

Taser this: McSwane appears on list of best

Here’s an Eye-popper: On an annual Internet-based list of the best campus journalists in America, a familiar name and face.

David McSwane, the former editor of the daily Rocky Mountain Collegian at Colorado State University and the principal author of what might be the most controversial four-word “editorial” in the history of college journalism, is pictured among the UWire 100.

We all remember the editorial, the one that spawned the biggest campus flap since University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill’s “little Eichmanns” rant. McSwane’s minimalist contribution, as he finished the first month of his editorial tenure in September: “Taser this: F**K BUSH.” No asterisks appear in the Collegian version.

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The UWire 100 Web site, where fresh-faced McSwane appears with 99 other college editors, reporters, photographers and Mary Hart wannabes, records endorsements from peers and faculty members that back up the selections.

The Eye winces at the tribute to McSwane written by Anne Merline, an instructor in the University Honors Program.

“As an instructor, I wish I could do for my students what David has done for all of us,” Merline writes. “The issues that he has taken responsibility for has people talking about issues that affect us all. It has brought the conversation from campuses in Colorado to a broader understanding of what Americans should stand up for to the national and international level.”

Maybe it’s best to stick with four-word messages.

Here’s an Eye-popper: On an annual Internet-based list of the best campus journalists in America, a familiar name and face.

David McSwane, the former editor of the daily Rocky Mountain Collegian at Colorado State University and the principal author of what might be the most controversial four-word “editorial” in the history of college journalism, is pictured among the UWire 100.

We all remember the editorial, the one that spawned the biggest campus flap since University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill’s “little Eichmanns” rant. McSwane’s minimalist contribution, as he finished the first month of his editorial tenure in September: “Taser this: F**K BUSH.”…

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