Which brings the focus to next semester, when reader feedback will be a key goal of the Kansan. Phelps said it was a way to avoid having only figureheads, such as the student body president or chancellor, as voices in the newspaper. Phelps also plans to expand the diversity training of Kansan staff members. She said that she had always seen the value in diversity training but that the Black Student Union controversy made it clear that it was something that needed to be done now. In the past, diversity training at the Kansan has been media-based, she said.
Newspapers are somewhat of a living thing.
They have to change to meet the demands of their readers. The Kansan is no different, and next fall everyone in the newsroom will be learning how to bring you the best product possible. See you then. The University Daily Kansan 1996-2000. All rights reserved.