Spring IDS editor in chief selected

The IU Student Media Board announced the spring 2007 Indiana Daily Student editor in chief Friday. Senior Kacie Foster, one of the current managing editors, was chosen for the position.\n"The board felt that Kacie's recent management experience proved she is great at managing things (like) controversies (and) can come to sensible solutions," Director of Student Media David Adams said.\nEarlier this year, Foster ran for summer editor in chief but lost the race to senior Eamonn Brennan. Adams said that the board "saw so much growth in Kacie between summer and now, and she did a great job."\nFoster competed for the position against senior Chris Freiberg, who is currently a senior writer for the IDS.\n"We were impressed with Chris as well," Adams said. "He submitted an impressive and thoughtful application."\nThe board chosen to select the new editor in chief consisted of 11 individuals, including representatives from the IDS, Arbutus, IU Student Association, the Bloomington Faculty Council and professional media outlets.\nDuring the interview, Foster said she wants to cultivate journalists as editor in chief. Foster, who did not begin working at the IDS until the second semester of her sophomore year, said she thinks she had a late start and hasn't given enough to the paper.\nAmong the questions asked, most focused on recruiting new writers, developing the IDS Web site, covering the IU presidential search and debating IUSA's Student Newspaper Readership Program.\nEven though the editor in chief is in command of the newspaper, Foster said she doesn't see herself as a "boss."\n"I know I am in charge and responsible for everything the Indiana Daily Student publishes, but I work for you," she said. "Without the writers, editors and everyone else, I wouldn't have a job."\nIUSA Vice President Andrew Lauck asked Foster for her thoughts on the IUSA-implemented Student Newspaper Readership Program, which enables students to get free copies of newspapers like the New York Times and USA Today with their student IDs. \nFoster said she does not support the program, and Adams said he hoped agreements regarding the program will be made in the future.\nBrennan, who was on the board, said the decision was tough and that it was nice to have two solid candidates to choose from.\n"I think Kacie is a very thoughtful woman and has a bright disposition and will take this newsroom very far next semester," he said.\nFoster, who joked that she felt the blood leave her legs and thought she would fall over during the interview, said she was relieved to finally know the panel's decision.\n"It's been on the back of my mind for a long time," she said. "It never occurred to me that I'd be editor in chief. It is such an honor"