The University of Windsor Students' Alliance voted to cease print publication of the school's 85-year-old student newspaper, The Lance, because of a budget shortfall. However, the scope of the Lance's money troubles is a source of contention according to The Windsor Star.
The outgoing board of directors of the University of Windsor Students’ Alliance voted to stop publishing print editions and start publishing The Lance online only, during a meeting last week, without warning or consulting with the paper. UWSA general manager Dale Coffin recommended the board take action based on the paper’s February statement of earnings, which show it was $24,000 in the red at the end of that month.But Lance editor-in-chief Natasha Marar said that figure is misleading because it doesn’t take advertising sales from March and April into account. Marar said The Lance is poised to end the year with a deficit of about $7,000, an amount she called “minor” and easily addressed by adjusting next year’s budget.
The Star also notes that, if the student government's decision holds, the paper's final print issue will have run with a lead story critical of the . . . wait for it . . . University of Windsor Students' Alliance: “Electile dysfunction: Multiple allegations of corruption plague UWSA election.”
Student leaders, including outgoing UWSA President Kim Orr, reject any claim their decision is based on politics.
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