Campus magazine in C. Java banned

SEMARANG, Central Java: A student magazine of the PGRI Teachers' Training College, Vokal, was banned by the rector of the institute for printing an interview with communist novelist Pramoedya Ananta Tour.

Managing editor of the magazine Nurul Qoiriah said she objected to the banning and said it ran counter to the goals of education.

Nurul said the rector's decision was neither wise nor was it in line with the general policy of state universities.

"The other two magazines Hayam Wuruk and Balairung, which are published by the University of Diponegoro in Semarang and the University of Gadjahmada in Yogyakarta respectively, have also featured the novelist in its cover story and nothing happened to them," she said.

She has pledged to continue distributing the magazines. (wah/prs)