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This Board is composed of four members appointed by the Provost for two-year staggered terms, to include two faculty members from Mass Communication, one faculty member or administrator from Business or the Finance and Business Office, and one member with legal or journalistic expertise. A chair is appointed by the Provost for a two year term. Three student members are appointed by the Chair of the Council of Student Leaders, as follows: a junior or senior Mass Communication major with a one year term; a sophomore or junior with a two year term; and one student at large with a one year term. The Dean of Students serves ex officio. The membership also includes the elected editors and the advisors of The Johnsonian, The Anthology, and The Roddey-McMillan Record. All members vote except the chair, who may vote only in the case of a tie. Board responsibilities include setting minimum qualifications for editors, selecting editors and advisors, approving budgets, hearing complaints, hearing and deciding non-editorial conflicts between editors and their respective advisors, and formulating regulations in the full spirit of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.