Student Newspaper Editor Resigns After Anti-Gay Comics Runs; Pens Letter Of Apology To Community
Kara King, the assistant managing editor of the Notre Dame/St. Mary's independent, student-focused paper The Observer, has resigned her position in the wake of last week's running of a cartoon with a punchline that rested somewhere between making light of and celebrating the specter of violence hanging over the heads of gay people. King took full responsibility for what she seems to be describing as an editorial oversight issue in letting the cartoon run, and expressed hope that the issue might spur conversation about the concerns felt by gay and lesbian members of the student community regarding violence. All in all, what's described seems like an admirable move on King's part.
