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Fall 1992 Vol. XIII. No.3 Surviving Underground EDITORS Frank Eichenlaub nmna Tanners Indiof1o UnMl� PomonaCollege CONTENTS WRITERS CAMPUS CRIME Molly Ostarch Alexa VeNeer Cooperation means information _ •.• � .. _.�_.. 4 Ur1Mtrally of Howton G«>'Oalown UniYe"tty . Change may knock out Buckley... .. ... .. 5 lON COO;(t' Lo.tCenter . .. ....... .. Courts to end fights for access . ... 6 COVER ART .. .. .. .. SPLC lawsuit may continue .. .. ... .. ... .... 6 Jed Dickason . Legislation inches toward passage. .. 7 ART Slate law to get court challenge . ... .. ... .. .. .. .. ... .. 8 Andrew Bates Jock DIckason GeoffPeley Michael Brennan Bobby Gombert Rodney Rog9ls HIGH SCHOOL CENSORSHIP Fronk Cho Annie Jeong Joe Sharpnack Students go underground .. __.. __ .. _.. �_._. ... 9 Wayne Chung Keith MOlshall Ed Taylor Condom in newspaper sparks controversy .... .. .. 9 Jim Delligatti Jett MasHun Ches WodJa . ... .. ... School withholdsedi tor 's diploma ... 10 .. Undergrooodeditors get seven days .. ... 11 ..... ... Student Press Low Center Report Edi tors winappeal of suspension ...... 1 2 Swddll v.... ..u Caw If.,..,. 01�5), (ISSPI' p�bll"'t<I 'hr... u"' .... <It . .. , .................. 12 lear bJ' Ike Stl.adnl,.,... La", Cn'",IQl1Ima.11CI.. curr a.lt:aH:l a"d (l)GtrO"cNlu Student seu.lesscrap withschool . ... .. .... I.""h',,&lb. rlC�"oflll. otudoat ,...-. TboSPLCR.,...,ll r-.rch.d,...- IU•• IIHI Adviser's con tract not renewed .. .. 13 prod"""" bl ,...,.._lad ... .....s..u I......... .. .. .. .. ... .. .. MarIe Twain falls flat. .. 13 SWIll.' rr... Low Calcr Il�Vol. XIU, 1'10.. l,1",11 '"2.b ,ubllrl>td.by Is.. humor . .. Sludo., Pr •• Low eaw.. I_ Sulk � 1135 P;1. SI"�� "'.W, WublnfLon, DC Video triumphs over censorship.. .. ... ..... 14 .. .. .... 10006 (Jell)�241. eopyrlV>tiO 1m Sf"dIn' Pn 1.0 COh Inc. AU rich" Topic review concerns students ....................... 15 r_'..LVorlJ "'-� 10 \.beR.,. SPLC .. or. $Is. COOlrlb"'SoM .,. (n . .. .... ..... .. dtducUble. A ...... dplloooordor form IPptU. on paa' n. Principal pulls yearbook. pages . ... .. ... 16 ...... .. .... .. .. ..... ... Editor fired for "crap'" . , .. ... 16 Ex�utlv& Director . .... .. ..... Principal yanks incest story .. .. .. , 17 Mark Goodman . ...... School focuses paper on the positive . 17 Legal Fellow Administrative Assistant .. .... .. .. _ . School policy vetoes censorship .. .. .. 18 Mike Hiestand SI<y101Sherman . ... .. ... .. .. Censorship is baloney toauthor . .. 19 .. .... ..... .. .. ..... Corporate Board of Directors Decision appeals to students .. 20 . .. ...... .. .. Gay, lesbian ad gets theax. .. .. .... .. 20 . .. Suspension will stand, court rules . ... ..... 21 J. Marc Abrams, Esq. Nancy L. GrNn A) l.OIQ& AI lollle LEGAL ANALYSIS .Ut1i&" Mend&bon. fastI'ffle & t.y • Nm.it-leooer . ... PoItIaod.OR �fleld, MO ProleCting underground publications ... ... 22 Dr. David L Adams Dr. Louis E. Ingalhalf AI I.oIQe EmGfM POLITICAL CORRECTNESS ' 1odIona UnIveISlty • Boll Stale t.InIvMlly IN Munc�. 1N ..... BIoomIngtOfl. Questions envelop speechcodes .. .. __ .. 24 Mary Amold Richard Johns Protests turn ugly over perceivedracism .... .. .. 25 AI lnlg49 QuI! andScIOISociety . ... .. .... ' 1QwcHQh School As.oclatlonPte" '�rlIIy of lolo.o Pro fessor's speech gets proleCtion . .. 26 .. .. IQwcOV.1A Io'WQ City, IA Editor faces angry readers, gets fired .. .. 27 Karen Bosley . .. JaM E. Kirtley. Esq. Wisconsin recon siders speech code ....... .. .. 28 A1 lnoge �portersCommlHee for . .. ..... _ .... bil nears passage .. 'O:eonCounty CoIeQ& F,oodom 01 'he Pre !ll Free speech l 28 T OmlRIvet, NJ WosN"Q ton. DC John Bow&n Dr. Ullfan Lodge COLLEGE CENSORSHIP JoumoIismN:so<:laIion I(openhaver _ ... .. ..__ . ..... � Ohio Schools Censorship arrives with a smile 29 Al lotgo& . .. 'lolcQ\ol/OOd High School Coverage ends editor's yearbook career .. 29 lo�. OH 'florido InlemalicndU.weNly Mioml. .. .. .. NOllt. fL V ginia can pull ..... ... .. .. 30 Dr, Dorothy Bowles ir paper 's funds . .. ... .. .. AlsocIoHonfo, EdJcoIion Paul McMasters EdiLQr sparks discussion, loses job .... .. 31 ., Journalismend Soej(jtyof ProlessionalJOUinaiists President pulls the plug ............ , ....................... 32 MoS$ ComlT'OJr'"CoI1on • freoclom fofum 200 . .. .. .. 'Univ9rsityof 16n� Allngion.VA Another years for Bill of Rights? . ... 34 KIiOIMI"'.lN Tom Rolnlckl Two times a charm? ......................................... 35 George C rry NationalScholcrsllc P'au u Students battle students in New York .............. 35 At Lollle AJoociofioM AnocIa1<ldCollegloIe . ... ..... .... .. • Chicogo Tr1bune Pre .. Staffcampaign saves paper . .. 36 NewYotlc, NY ·u,.,.,.,,1ty01 Mlr'oneoolo t.tlmeopoh, MN Beth Dlckev CONFIDENTIALITY Dr. I(enson Slver Southerninte r>eholcrsliePI&$! . .. ... .... .. .. Assocla1iort Joumolism EducotionA<soclollon State. feds chase USC reporter . 38 • of • SouttoII&Id PubGc Schoo4l . UnIversity Sou1h COIQIIna Edi tor avoids subpoena in Virginia . ...... .. ... 38 CokJrnbb.sc Sou1hr1&ld. 1.11 . S ubpoe as threaten ed . .... Dr. Tom Ev&Slage Edmund J. Sullivan n for high schooIers . 39 Atl.ofQe Col.JmbbSchobstic • fe mpI& lklilleatty PreaAslocicrtion ACCESS pt,rIodelp�.PA • CoIumblo University New u on ................ .40 Nick Ferentinos Yo"'.NY Sun shines on Kentucky fo ndati _ ...... .. .40 ColLXllbio Scholastic PreSll Robertflager, Esq, Legislation creeps through summer .. Adv\soers AsoodatIOn Al lolg49 Access notes ..................... ..... ......... ........ .......... 41 'HomE><leadHlQh Schoof Trog,,'a RowIcnd Cuperli"oo.CA 'lJrWerally Coloradoof LIBEL Mark Goodman, Esq. 8oll'od9'. co . S1udentPf&SS lowCen ler Laura Widmer Court limitsNew Jersey censors .. .... ....... .. .42 WOlhl"ll'on, DC College Media Advisers .. .... .. .... .. ... lllini suit in earl y stage . .. .. .. .. .42 • Northwe>l Miuoul Slate Uniwrally . Mo�. MO Court dismisses Clarion lawsuit . .. .. .. .. , ...... 43 • . ... .. OrQG'llzoliorls10' purposes of ldenl�icafion o� Officer sues Cal ifornia paper .. ..... ..... ... .. .43 Alternative press is battlefront in today's post-Hazelwood world Growing number of undergrounds may start next generation of cases uietly,over the course of the last the high schoolpress that could lead into strong protection they have given the Qfour years, a change has been laking the 21st century. underground press in the past, school place in high school journalism. The rugh school censorship sectionof officials may realize lhat their Confronted with the Supreme Court's this issue of the Report (see page 9) Hazelwood-inspired censorship has diS3SlrOUS 1988 decision in Hazelwood begins with stories of al ternative pushed them into an arena where they School District v. Kuhlmeier, which newspapersat five different high schools canno t win. School-spo nsored significant ly cut back on the free press that fought censorship battles during the publications may ultimately benefiL protections of high school journalists, last school year. Some of these papers The resurgent underground press has increasing nwnbersof studentsbegan to are similar to their school-sponsored also raised the thorny issue of whether look for ways tohave theirsay outsideof counterparts, although often more hard "indecent� language should bepr otected official student publications. The result, hilting, offering serious criticism of in a stu dent publication. Many as renected in information collected by school policies and officials. Others are alternative publications have rejected the Student PressLaw Center, hasbeen less "mainstream," using humor as well the stylistic niceties of more tra ditional anexplosionof undergroundnewspapers as strong language and illustrations to newspapers. No four-letter word is that are beginning to set an agenda for shock readers as much as to inform considered off limitS ifit expresses the them. School officials found bothkinds depth of their feeling , Yet a single off The Report Staff objectionable and took action against color phrasecan bring down the school's the students who p roduced them. censorship ax. ThecourtSwill inevitably Frank Eichenlaub is a senior at Many of these undergroundstudent be compelled to decide what "harm" [ndiana University majoring in p0- journalists fought back. Threelaws uitS such language does and whether the litical science and journalism. He is have beenfiled since the flfst of the year First Amendment must fall in its a reporter at the Daily Student and is by studentjoumalistS who believe they presence. considering attending law school af have a First Amend ment right to For those who thought Hazelwood ter graduation. Frank formerly at di st ribute non-sc hool-sponsored was the last word on high school press tended Ferris State University in publications at school without being freedom, the underground press is a Michigan where he was editor inchief punished. Those lawsuits may set the wake-up call. The battle for free of The Torch. Frank is from the De stage for the comeback of the high school expression by students has only just lroit area. press. If courts continue to affirm the begun .• Timna Tanners from Spokane, Wash., is ajunior at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., majoring in poli Burying the Buckley Amendment tics. Tirnna will be managing editor he si gning of the year's major of The Student Life in the spring of recommended leg islation was only education billon July 23 put another 1993 when she returns from a semes T proposedafter Sen. TimWirth (D·Colo.) nail in the coffin of the Buckley ter in Toledo,