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ALBERT H. QUIE <br />GOVERNOR <br /> <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />OFI~'ICIi OF Till{ ~OYEIINOR <br /> <br />ST. I'AUL o',511515 <br /> <br />April 14, 1980 <br /> <br />Honorable Thomas Gamec <br />Mayor, City of Ramsey <br />15153 Nowthen Boulevard Northwest <br />Anoka, Minnesota 55303 <br /> <br />Dear Mayor and Council Members: <br /> <br />Thank you for your letter regarding the University of Minnesota <br />funding of the Minnesota Daily and the employment practices <br />of the University. <br /> <br />I share your distaste with some of the practices of the Minnesota <br />Daily, particularly the "finals week edition" of 1979. The <br />attacks on organized religion in that issue exceeded the bounds <br />of satire. <br /> <br />There is no State tax money currently supporting the Daily's <br />operations. More than 80% of the newspgper's revenue is derived <br />from advertizers. The remainder of the Daily's revenue comes <br />from the $1.80 per quarter service fee paid by all full-time <br />University students. This $1,80 is part of a larger $63.35 <br />student service fee assessed each student each quarter. The <br />total amount of the fee as well as the amount received by each <br />student supported organization or service is determined by the <br />student service fees committee and submitted to the Board of <br />Regents for' approval. The committee can be contacted at 240 <br />Coffman Memorial Union, Minneapolis, Minneaots 55455 and the <br />Board of Regents may be contacted at Morrill Hall, University <br />of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455. The University <br />does provide the Daily with free office space, but in exchange <br />the newspaper publishes official universitF information and <br />announcements at no charge. This arrangement ddes noti~involve <br />any transfer of funds from the UniversitY to the Daily. <br /> <br />I believe there is merit in your suggestion that the student <br />contribution, now mandatory through the student services fee, <br />could become voluntary. I think this might cause the Dail~ <br />to be more responsible in its reporting. A'newspaper ar--~i-cle ~ <br />last week reported that President Magrath has now recommended <br />to the Regents that students be allowed a refund of the allotment <br />to the Daily upon request. <br /> <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br /> <br /> <br />