By: (AP) A college newspaper ran a racially charged cartoon in an April Fool's Day edition, incensing readers and provoking an official review.
The Tartan, the student paper at Carnegie Mellon University, fired the cartoonist, agreed not to publish again until fall and decided to hire an ethics manager to review future issues. Two editors also resigned.
The cartoon shows a goat bragging to a mouse about how he had hit a black person on a bicycle. The goat makes the remark.
About 75 readers protested the 12-page spoof edition, which included a depiction of female genitalia and poems about rape and mutilation. University President Jared L. Cohon called the cartoon "irresponsible and unconscionable."
"The horrible cartoon ... is a repudiation of our core values and it must not be tolerated," Cohon wrote in a letter to the newspaper.
Editor in Chief Alex Meseguer said the cartoon made it into print because fatigue clouded editors' judgment.
University officials said the official review will be done by students, professors, employees and alumni.
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