See the Cartoons that Sparked the World-Wide Controversy!

February 17, 2006

From the Northern Star (daily of Northern Illinois University students) c/o Michael A. Olivas, University of Houston Law Center

http://www.northernstar.info/pdf/20060213.pdf

http://www.northernstar.info/pdf/news/20060213.3.pdf

The first is a link to our front page. We have a tabloid paper and decided to run an editorial on the front cover to inform people of the cartoons. We also used this chance to tell readers WHY we felt the news was worthy.

The second link is to a news page which contained 12 comics alongside a local angle to the story. We asked for local feedback and wrote of the response. This page also contains a photo poll of student reactions.

The third link is to our editorial page in which we had a guest column from the co-president of the Muslim Student Association.

We have recieved a slew of feedback, it has been overwhelming (emails, calls, press interviews, etc) and the majority of reader responses have been positive. Even some Muslim groups have contacted us to compliment us on the way we went about our presentation.

Derek Wright, Editor in Chief