Chair:  Sue Sweeney
Abigail Adams
Tim Corbitt
Lillian Brabner

Identify and examine the Constitution, Bylaws and mission of the Recorder and the Constitution and Bylaws of the Media Board and its role in overseeing the Recorder.  Locate and examine the Constitutions, Bylaws and Missions of student newspapers at the other CSU universities and at our peer institutions.   Identify the process for revising the Constitutions and Bylaws of the Recorder and the Media Board.

Chair: Tiffany Moffo
Chris Brine
Jackie Cobbina-Boivin

Identify the funding sources for the Recorder and the Media Board and how control of those funds is exercised.  Identify the funding sources of student newspapers at the other CSU universities and our peer institutions.  Compare the amount of funding available to the Recorder to that available to other student newspapers.

Chair: Carolyn Magnan

Examine First Amendment principles as they relate to student newspapers at public institutions.  When is a student newspaper a public forum?  What speech is protected and what speech is not?

Vivian Martin

Myra Rosenstein

Chair: Mark McLaughlin

Identify policies and procedures currently in place that govern editorial oversight and mentor oversight within the Recorder.  Examine the roles of faculty and professional staff advisors to the paper and other campus media.  Identify similar policies and procedures and advising roles at the other CSU institutions and our peer institutions.

Sue Pease

Stan Simpson

Chair: Serafin Mendez-Mendez

Identify and examine the policies and procedures at CCSU and at the other CSU institutions and our peer institutions for educating student journalists in responsible journalism and community standards.

Mark Rowan

Margaret Toston

Chair: Heather Prescott

Examine how to respond to the expression of speech considered offensive by segments of the university community.

Karen Ritzenhoff

Janeffer DelValle