College students at numerous universities across the nation have been stealing, vandalizing or burning student newspapers that take positions that are not politically correct. Rather than discuss ...issues, students and administrators are using censorship to silence those with whom they do not agree.
Nussbaum, 18-years old, was calm under attacks from the media, church, and right wing groups in her community when her article on the lives and thoughts of homosexual teens was published in the ...school newspaper. Especially aggressive was the conservative Colorado Family Values group.
High school newspapers have declined from weekly to monthly editions at some schools and have been completely discontinued at others. Administrators have gotten rid of student papers in an effort to ...solve the problem of censorship battles with student journalists.
Conservative foundations with political links are funding conservative college newspapers and indirectly training future right-wing journalists. The Intercollegiate Studies Institute takes donations ...and runs an alliance of 56 conservative college newspapers.
Former high school editor-in-chief Stacey Burns still refuses to give the Seattle police photographs of white and Asian students rioting against each other at Mountlake Terrace High School during Jan ...1995. The photographs would help the police determine who was at fault, according to the police department and Snohomish County District Judge Ronald L. Castleberry. Burns has since graduated and attends Washington State University, but maintains that the integrity of the school newspaper and student trust is at stake.
