Some Government of the Student Body senators are making official their displeasure with the Iowa State Daily.

Senators will take up a bill tonight that would formally “censure” the Daily if passed. Written by Senator Mark Holm, liberal arts and sciences, the bill says the Daily has “consistently misrepresented the truth, and has greatly lacked in its ability to communicate the simplest ideas to the Iowa State student population.”

Senators Casey Powers, interfraternity, Carissa Wall, off-campus, and Todd Henry, engineering, also signed the bill.

A “censure” carries with it no action. It merely serves as a formal reprimand.

GSB President Adam Gold said he supports the spirit of the bill.

“I don’t initially agree with the wording, but I think the Daily takes a negative slant toward the issues,” Gold said.

Holm said he wrote the bill because many students are disappointed in the Daily. “Over the semester with the [Deantrious] Mitchell story, I feel the Daily sensationalized the whole incident by calling it a racial beating,” he said. “The Daily should be a little more careful of what they print.”

Holm also said the Daily recently reported on a funding bill for Aids Awareness Week erroneously. “It made GSB look like a joke. I’ve been very displeased with the Daily,”

Daily Editor Chris Miller was highly critical of the bill. He said it cites no evidence to support some “pretty sweeping allegations.”

“I think it’s a rather extreme measure about problems I haven’t heard about until now,” Miller said. “If someone has a problem with the Daily — especially a student leader — they need to first call me. I had never heard of Senator Holm until yesterday when I saw his name on the bill.”

Holm said he hopes the bill, whether it passes or fails, will prompt Daily officials to do a better, more fair job.

“All this bill is saying is that we’re displeased,” Holm said. “It seems that the Daily always talks bad about GSB.”

Some senators, however, said the bill is ill-advised. Senator Mike Pogge, liberal arts and sciences, called it “ridiculous.”

“GSB should not be in the business of ridiculing publications and news organizations,” he said. “If this bill passes, what is it going to do to the Daily?”

Miller said he is confident senators have more sense than to pass a bill that leaves “its own justification up to the imagination.”