Chaff (newspaper)
Encyclopedia
Chaff is the students' newspaper
of Massey University Students' Association (MUSA) at the Turitea campus of Massey University
, New Zealand
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Chaff was established more than 70 years ago and is printed weekly throughout the academic year.
superimposed on a woman's body. The issue received media attention and prompted a protest by approximately 50 students of mainly Chinese descent. A formal apology was requested by Chinese student representatives and Massey's International Student Director. However, the newspaper instead responded with an explanation of the intent of the cover image.http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0605/S00080.htm
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
of Massey University Students' Association (MUSA) at the Turitea campus of Massey University
Massey University
Massey University is one of New Zealand's largest universities with approximately 36,000 students, 20,000 of whom are extramural students.The University has campuses in Palmerston North , Wellington and Auckland . Massey offers most of its degrees extramurally within New Zealand and internationally...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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Chaff was established more than 70 years ago and is printed weekly throughout the academic year.
Controversy
In May 2006 the cover of the newspaper featured an image of Mao ZedongMao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...
superimposed on a woman's body. The issue received media attention and prompted a protest by approximately 50 students of mainly Chinese descent. A formal apology was requested by Chinese student representatives and Massey's International Student Director. However, the newspaper instead responded with an explanation of the intent of the cover image.http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0605/S00080.htm