"I wish they would approach things with a moreopen mind," he added.

Ali criticized The Crimson's news coverage aswell as full page staff editorial attackingHarvard Foundation Director S. Allen Counter lastweek.

The flyer described Counter as "a long-standingfaculty member who has endlessly labored toimprove race relations," and said The Crimsonattacked him "after misconstruing his critique ofthe paper to be 'anti-Semitic' in a successfulcharacter assassination and a deflection of thefocus from real issue, The Crimson's irresponsiblereporting."

In letters to the Crimson, BSA questioned thepaper's journalistic ethics, characterized itscoverage of race relations as irresponsible, andsaid Crimson reporters selectively covercontroversial events and ask inflammatoryquestions.

Crimson President Julian E. Barnes '93 deniedthat the newspaper's coverage of BSA is biased.

Barnes said there "may have been some flaws" incoverage of minority affairs, but overall thenewspaper does a good job reporting on racerelations.

"The Crimson is not biased against any group,"he said. "We will continue our efforts to covermore minority affairs."

Barnes also emphasized the difference betweenthe editorial page and the news pages.

"The news is not slanted," he said. "And ourone editorial concerning the BSA criticized themfor inviting Jeffries--not because he is a racist,but because he is a racist, but because hethreatened one of our reporters."

Barnes said the problem lies in a lack ofcommunication between The Crimson and BSA ,and hehas taken steps to open discussion. Barnes metwith Ali for an hour on Wednesday.

"I hope the discourse ends up to be productive.It will be a positive step if all this leads toincreased communication."

The Crimson president also said the newspaperis making an effort to improve the diversity ofits staff