Campus magazine in C. Java banned

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)