Steve Simpson, who still teaches English at Port Townsend High School, quit his post teaching journalism and advising the Arrow because he said the school principal "left a journalism program that was shattered and journalistically censored."
Tag: Winter 1996-97
Tar Heel judicial hearing case argued in Dec.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student newspaper's state open meetings law case against the school's closed disciplinary hearings was argued in December.
Student newspapers across the country continue to fall victim to theft
Signs of a new school year: the leaves have turned, footballs fill the air and newspaper thieves and America's college campuses are back in action.
Student free speech gains support
Students across the country have been working to see the number of states currently operating under student free expression laws double come January. Next legislative session, lawmakers plan to take the battle for student free speech to the state house.
Mo. newspaper, Minn. editor receive press freedom award
A high school student newspaper and a former college newspaper editor have been named winners of the 1996 Scholastic Press Freedom Award.
Anti-harassment code struck down by federal court in Calif.
A federal appeals court ruled in August that a community college's anti-harassment code violates the First Amendment rights of a professor disciplined for requiring students to read and analyze articles from magazines such as Playboy and Hustler.
Anti-theft legislation sprouting wings
In many cases, thefts go unreported and unprosecuted. But at a number of schools, student journalists, journalism educators and free speech groups have brought the issue to the attention of state legislators.
Story finally told
Nearly three months after students at Hall High School in West Hartford learned that a science teacher was being investigated for improperly coaching students for a state science test, the student newspaper Hall Highlights has finally been allowed to publish their story.
Student access to election totals denied
The state supreme court ruled in September against a former high school student journalist's request for student election vote totals under Virginia's Freedom of Information Act.
Okla. professor takes university to court for blocking access to sexual material online
A University of Oklahoma professor has sued the school for violating his First Amendment rights after it implemented a new policy blocking campus access to sexually explicit material on the Internet.