January 29, 1999

Student Newspaper's 'Swastika' Graphic Prompts Complaints

Students at Portland State University were angered this month when a graphic resembling a swastika was published on the front page of the student newspaper, the Vanguard.

The graphic, which was designed by a staff member whose name has not been released, depicts four handguns arranged in a circle. It illustrated, in faint outlines, the description of an opinion article in which a staff columnist offered his prediction of a growth in