FORT COLLINS , Colorado ( CNN ) -- The College Republicans , a student organization at Colorado State University , were n't planning anything special for the last week of September . Colorado State student Yael Yund , 21 , signs a petition calling for David McSwane 's resignation . Then on September 21 , David McSwane , the editor-in-chief of The Rocky Mountain Collegian , the daily student newspaper , printed the four-word column that sparked a national free speech debate and sent the College Republicans into action , writing a petition to force him to resign . `` Taser this : F**k Bush '' was printed on the opinion page of the newspaper , causing CSU president Larry Penley to issue a formal statement and the Board of Student Communications to plan a meeting for Wednesday night . During the meeting they will decide on the fate of McSwane and his future involvement with the publication . `` We 'll present our petition to the board at the meeting , '' said student Chelsey Penoyer , the chairman of the College Republicans . `` We 're petitioning that he should resign on his own . The petition also urges students to think twice before going to businesses who continue advertising with The Collegian . '' In a confidential memo mistakenly released to the local newspaper , The Coloradoan , Fort Collins businesses have already pulled out $ 30,000 in advertising with The Collegian , which relies completely on external revenue to operate , not student fees . According to the memo , to make up for the loss , student employee wages were cut by 10 percent , the newspaper reported . McSwane confirmed the memo after its release . McSwane has defended his actions , referring to the incident involving a college student who was Tasered at a recent John Kerry speech in Florida . He said that his decision was exercising his right to free speech . He refused to comment for this story . Students around the CSU campus expressed a majority feeling that while they felt McSwane 's right to free speech should be protected , many of them felt as though he misused it . `` At first I totally supported him and the paper , '' said senior Evan Isoline , who read the initial column when it came out . `` I thought he was making a political statement and then throwing away his college career at the paper . I thought he would resign right away . `` Now you look at it and it 's like , 'Taser this . Taser what ? ' The issue is n't even about President Bush . If you 're going to stand up for something like that you have to have something to back it up . You have to believe in something . '' Some students however have stopped in to the newsroom in support of the paper 's actions . `` I completely support him and the paper for their decision , '' said Alesia Gifford , vice president of the Young Democrats , another political student organization . `` In this society we are taking a step backwards , especially with the free speech debate . President Bush has lost our respect as a country . `` At some point we have to stand up for our rights . [ McSwane ] was just showing that speech , even when explicit , should always be protected by the First Amendment . '' Many more students however were shocked at the paper 's decision and failed to see the political stance they took . In addition to writing a column they felt lacked substance , students also were concerned of what it would do to the university 's image . `` It makes the students at Colorado State look like a bunch of uneducated children who do n't have anything intelligent to say , '' Penoyer said . `` So we just yell bad words . '' E-mail to a friend .
CSU College Republicans want newspaper editor to resign . Editorial said `` Taser this : F**k Bush '' Editor David McSwain says he was exercising free speech . Campus newspaper reportedly lost ads , cut salaries .