Taking your points rather in reverse, one of my immediate concerns was that the Felix editor did not seem to have taken on board the seriousness of what happened, as indicated by the rather weak apology that seemed more focussed on apologising for any offence caused than for the poor editorial decision to run the piece in the first place. Nor was there much sign from Imperial College Union of concern about this (I saw a solitary tweet about it). That makes me wonder what the general mindset across ICU is; pointing the finger just at the Felix Editor doesn't tackle the wider question of whether there is a problem with the culture within ICU.
(purplecthulhu has noted that there are no longer Union General Meetings as we knew them and that ICU is now governed solely by a student council. If the ICU mindset is that of a group of inward-looking hacks, I can see how such a situation may arise.)
As for where the buck stops, I see your legalistic point :-) and raise you my own: the concept of remoteness. For the reasons I've tried to outline above, I consider that this goes beyond just Felix. But I don't see it as as issue that went beyond IC, mainly because once we go outside College we are just too remote from anyone who made any questionable decisions.
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Date: 2012-02-13 10:06 am (UTC)(
As for where the buck stops, I see your legalistic point :-) and raise you my own: the concept of remoteness. For the reasons I've tried to outline above, I consider that this goes beyond just Felix. But I don't see it as as issue that went beyond IC, mainly because once we go outside College we are just too remote from anyone who made any questionable decisions.