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Monday, September 24, 2007 3:04 AM

Free speech, Responsible journalism NOT synonymous

I have watched with great interest two controversies spinning in the last week out of college campuses. One is practically in my backyard -- Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo. -- and the other is at Central Connecticut State University in
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Thursday, April 26, 2007 11:26 PM

SPJ student members to be proud of

Outreach and impact such as this are what make me a proud member of SPJ. To Whom It May Concern: Hello, my name is Heidi Greenleaf, and I am the president of the Towson University chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. After
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007 5:43 PM

Answering to some sharp high school students

I spoke Friday to journalism students at St. Francis High School in Louisville, Ky. This private institution bills itself "the school of thought" and has one of the coolest logos: "!" That's it. "!" St. Francis also has a small band of students who
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Friday, March 23, 2007 2:04 PM

Sex, students, free speech -- and a VERY special offer

Something tells me I wouldn't have lasted very long as a high school newspaper adviser in East Allen County, Ind., and Danbury, Texas, where school administrators are aghast that budding journalists would want to cover issues of sexuality. Apparently,
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:28 PM

Indy educators outfoxed by j-savvy students

I'm cheering for students at Woodlan Junior-Senior High School, who are publishing a newspaper on the Web rather than honor a prior-restraint edict issued recently by the school's principal. (For background, see the (Fort Wayne Ind.) Journal Gazette.)
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007 11:08 PM

Expect diarrhea

OK, so I needed an eye-catching headline to encourage you to check out this important announcement: Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times is offering two people a chance-of-a-lifetime trip to Africa. He'll choose
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007 11:56 PM

Illinois coming to its senses?!

Thank goodness the Illinois legislature is considering the College Campus Press Act, which would bestow "public forum" status on student-produced campus media at state-supported institutions. Consider reading the bill. If this thing passes, it could
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Wednesday, February 21, 2007 5:41 PM

Missing the point in Missouri

Several national SPJ leaders are watching carefully the shenanigans compromising the future of The Missouri Miner, the student newspaper serving The University of Missouri-Rolla. Like many, if not most, student newspapers nationwide, The Miner collects
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Thursday, January 25, 2007 2:52 PM

Grumbling about Grambling

Siiiigh. I'm soooo tired of educators going on about how academically rigorous, accepting, community-oriented, student-focused and marketplace-of-ideas-honoring their institutions are -- only to see them turn around and censor student publications.
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006 4:22 PM

Go UT Vols?! Whatever.

Oh. For. Crying. Out. Loud. Some flacks really don't get it. Textbook case: The sworn image-protectors of the University of Tennessee's football team. According to the Knoxville News Sentinel, UT has suspended the media credentials of News Sentinel sports
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