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Free expression behind bars Inside: Arkansas tramples Hazelwood, page 18 . EDITORS CONTENTS SueAnne Reed CoIeooof Mom COVERSTORY HIestand Kendra l. lams :· Damy S t joumaIisIs arrcst..jail .. .. .... .... .. May faCe . , ...........4 WoItW"ogton � . w.st.mU<WenIIy Washington HIGH SCHOOL CENSORSHIP CONTRIBUTORS Nothing left to give .....: ........................................ 5 Beth Sims MikeHiestand underground paper. ... CotholcUWe!IIy I..cIW Sc:roooI stucI&nt Poe_ lawc.nt... N.Y. student arrestedfor . 6 �: Ore. student's scoop results in uspension .. ..... .. 6 COVER ART N.C. principal accusesjournaliSl of inciting riot , 7 Jack DIckason Fla. court rejectsprior review .............................. 8 JtI'I BItI'w:Iobos ART Student loses battIeover movie policy . .... ..... 8 PJ Hn.Itc:hok CONFIDENTIALITY PaUKheIa High schooleditor fa ces contempt charge . .. .... 11 Student Pre" LawCenter Report Tennessee editor given right to printphoto . ... ... 11 SIud.oftI Pr_ La" c...tor• .,." (USN tl6&-Jl15), pIOIbIIobeo!.... lh __II .... 't1i... llles de:Dt ta. .._ ..... CIInCIIl_ .."I «la1l'OtTrK.l M jnnesota Daily reporter may testify .. .. .. .. ... .. 12 ""'hIBt11M ripbotlho IlA<IftI pr_ n.. SPU;I/. .,..,... .-«hod, wrIdooI u4 .. rod.-d'" 1--' .lHIlawAlod.iBt 1aIo ..... Studentphotos confISCated by Kans. police .. ) 2 SIudal!Fn. .....C<aIu. ".",VoL "'VI,No. 2,Sp'I... I�. " pailliIIM4 � CORRECTNESS � SIaokId I Law: CbW IDe., SlIlu Itt,1161 Wlt- ....II , At""""", \I" POLmCAL U* (feu) N7.J-* o."rl&ht C 1m $ludrDl rr- La.. Qnkr. A. rIP" Californialaw passes ftrsttest . .... ... ... .. ......... ) 3 ,.....,Y-rIJ .... � ... u..SPLC Rqvft ... JI !.. CoGIr1IM11..... ... IU .... � A�w""'f_.-" _'" Bill seeks to diversify publications . ... ...... ........ 13 Executive Olloclol Cartoon creates conuoversy in Pa.. ....... .... .. , .. ) 4 Mark Goodman LEGAl ANALYSIS StaffAttorney Administrative Asslstant Gettingaccess 1.0faculty evaluations .... ... .. .... 15 Mike Hiestand Michele SherikJlan ANTI-HAZELWOOD LEGISLATION Corporate Board 0' Directors Arkansaspasses free.-press legislation ......... ..... 18 J. MarcAbfaml, Esq. Carolyn JonesHoward CENSORSHIP . At loroe COLLEGE Pot1Icvld. 00 'Ouke��o(tMAJI' On-tine face problems .. .. ....... Dr. David L. Adams Wilshington,DC newspapers . ... 20 At loJge Dr.louis E. Ing.thort Students'e-mail, Internetaccess revoked. .... .. ... 21 '1ncIona�� Emenlul BIoomlrOlon, IN '80181,. l.Wven1ly Adviser sues KentuckyState ... ... .. ..... .......... ... 22 MUt1CIe. 1N MaryArnold Supreme Coun hears funding case . .. .. .... ..... 23 Al l.olQe RIchard Johns 'IowaHIgh Soh6oI QuI!and $c/O.Society Editor arrested after fightover paper . ....... ... .... 24 Pre.AHocJatiofl 'lIfW&rsityof Io...a bwcCIty, L4. Iowa Clly,L4. Ga. court protects rape victim name ....... ....... .. 24 Bosley Karen Ron Johnson Mass. editor charged with assault .............. _ . ... 25 Al u"g. Colege MediaAdI/MQ '0:00IICo IMltyCoIeQe '1Con1OJstale � DePaulstudents shut down newspaper .. .. ...... 25 Ton.lMr.t.u Mo1hatIon. 1<S Pa.magazine rejec tedas political ...... .... ... ....... 26 John Bowen Jane E. KIrtley, Esq. JoumoIsmAl$oci:rt1on Re��;:�ot Beloit newspaper ejectedfrom mall .. ............. _ 26 01Ohio Schoob '\.dIewoodHlah SctIooI AiinQton.VA DartmoUJh R elliew forceschange in hiring. .... ... 26 lokewood.OH Dr. Union lodge f second time . Dr. Dorothy Bowles Wisc. paper denied funding or . 26 Kopenhav., AaIocJotlonEduco1Iot1 for Pill Ne ws photos censored by printer ......... ....... 26 � JoumoIIIm and "I lDrge Moll CommI.ricot1on 'florida IntemotlOnal U� Okla. continues down censorship road .............. 27 '1JnNeIsIIv of Tennessee NoIIh MIami.R. Kno>;v1Ie.TN Paul McMo$lefS Newspaper theftscon linue ................................. 28 George Curry Socl9ty?l��Joum:Att Virginia governor vetoes anti-theft law . ... .... .... 30 'EmeAI� AIIIrOton.VA CAMPUS CRIME �;VA CondacePerkins Belt! DIckey Joumollsm EducoIlon A'lOdelion New FERPA regs. released ........ ... _ . ... ........... 31 South&m • John HiattMofthoII School htenchoIaIIlc "' . .. AssocIotIoo VIenna,VA Ill. studentpaper loses crimerecords suit. ... ... 31 .lIn/vet!�CCIfOIr>a ofSouth �olnlckl Tom Editorpunished while court action continues. 33 CoUrbb.SC NationalPr_ Scholostlc Dr. Tom Ev.sIag. ASi:IdotIonJAIioclcrted Coll9glcle ACCESS Large Pfeil AI Of 'Terrpiet.k1�My 'Unlv&iJIty M�to Dallas Morning News exposesA&M . .. ... ... .. 34 PhIIodelphia,PA Mirn&opolll, MN Hawaiipol ice fight to close · rcls. ....... ........ 35 John Garcia Halen F. Smith Schololtlc Pre. Colu'nblo ... ............. .. At lCIfge A� Auoc4crIlon Animalrights groups wincases . ... 35 'N8'.oiVorl< U� '�on Norttl HIgh School Videodeclared education record in Fla. ... ... 36 N9wYolk. NY New1omAIe. MA . Mark Goodman, Esq. Edmund J. Sullivan Mich. bill may close.presidential searches ..... ... 36 Studen1LowC.nt Pr&. .. ColumbiaScho!osflc: Ky. student denied open hearing. .... ... ..... ...... 36 AlinQlon.VA P,.... Associcflon Nancy L Green 'ColumbialJoIIo'& 1liiy Ore. law clarifies public inronnalion .. .... ... ... ... 36 At lOlge �VOl1t. NY 'CIa,ItonSlat. College RobertTrager, Esq, LIBEL McJnoow,GA AI Lorge T 1006' 8< RowIcnd High school.yearbook co. win libel suiL . ... ... 37 • U..welll!vof CoiolOdo 8ould&r.CO April Fool's case settles ....... , ............................ 37 NNA ffers discount ....... .... ... ..... ....................... • OrjJonirolloN10' pupoteo 0/ Id&nttloaliQn o� o 37 Champion of Student�Awards p�nUrltoadvoca�bySPLC Arkansas John Selgtnthaler. chairman 0( the tor and publisher at theNashville Ten nessean, Freedom ForumFlCSt Amendment Ceo· an assistant 10 Anomey Gen TheirlDakesmen 's collegebaskesball sixteam ter, Nashville, Tenn., and Janet eral Raben Kennedy during the civil feU one gameshort w of inning the Richards MeAlUry, four·tem\ Dade rights movement of the 19608 and as national championship in March, County. Fla., School Board member, chairman of the Freedom Forum rust but Arlcansas high school student were named the fU'St recipients of the Amendment Center. He is the preemi journalists won big in April when vo ce on speech StudentPress Law Center's Champion nent i free and press AIkansas becamethe sixthstate (0 of theStudent .Press Award. rights in America, Green said. pass a law lhaLspecifJCally protects Lifelong dedication to speech and The Championof theStudent Press student � f'IttOOm. Gov. Jim press rights for all Americans andspe Award was created by the SPLC board Guy Tuckersigned the bill into law cific workwith high schooland college to recognize persons and organizations on ApOllO afterit won the Wlani age students werecited as reasons for that have aggressively protected First moos suppottof the Sen·Arbnsas Amendmentfreedo ms for students. Seigentba1er'sandMcAliJey'sselection. The ale and passed the stale house of awardwas in i partor s Janet McAli1ey has been a staunch tiatedas theCenter' represencatives 81 ID4. celebration of defender and supporter of student and its 20th Anniversary as [n passing theArkansas Student human rights throughout herlife. In her theonI y organization in thecountry dedi Publications Act, !he state joins years as a Date County School Board cated to protecting the free pressrights California, Colorado, Iowa. Kan including president, of students. member, a term as sas and Massachusetts inenacting she has beena significant voice in the McAliley received her award at a a so-called "anti-Hazelwood law" establisbmeDtanpresetvatirooflheDade March 16 presentation to theColumbia thatgives back tohigh school stu Countypolicy on studentpress om, freed Scholastic PressAssociation Advisers dent journalists most of the same which has beena nationalmodel because Association during its annual meeting free expression protections that theindependence it gi to s of ves the tudent on the Columbia University campus in they enjoyed prior to the U.S. Su press,SPLC Board of DirectorsPresident New York City. Seigenlhalerreceived preme Court's 1988 Ha zelwood Nancy L. said. Green his awardat a March 17 speech to the ScfwolDistrict v. KuhJmeiudeci John SeigenthaJer has been a de- College Media Convention sponsored sion.That decision, which permit fender of free speech and press rights by College Media Advisers and the eo. teda high scboolprincipal (0cen a youthand lumbia Scholastic Press Association sincehe was hasbeen stead sor accurate and otherwise pro student press rights duringits meetingat ot fastin hisdefense of annual theMarri ltCtOO stories00 divorce and reen throughouthis careera as reporter,edi- Marquis New York City" Hotel in agepregnancy from a Missourihigh schoolstudent newspaper, signifi IocaJion. She can be reached via�at The Reportstaff cantlycut backon theFirst Amend fluzb}@crLcom. ment protection available to most KendraL Williamsis,quiJ.e frankly, the high schoolstudent journalists. The DannyHiestand,anavidfol1owerofMarX best damn H.R.that ever lived. She is Hazelwood decision has been Tmil, willa be junkrat Western Washing- expectingher BA inEnglish fmn Mary widely criticized by journalism ton University majoring in jrornalism. WaWngtoothis College May after a torrid, educators and civil rights groups Danny's singula- goal in life are 10 meet all-nightaffair with Millon.ThisfaIl, she as being both too restrictive and HarddReyrolds,seemeSeatdeSupoSona will JUStJe herMS. in journa1isrn at the too confUSing. win an NBA championship, and masrer UniversityoflllinoisatUJtana.Ownpaign, To date, 29 states have consid