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"This is not another [John Peter] Zenger case," Murphy said, referring to the famous case that helped define a free press. "It's a case where two students had a responsibility and the advisor didn't feel they carried it out. It's not more grandiose than that. They were...
The editorial appeared in the Nov. 30 issue of The Jet Jotter and dealt with teachers' efforts to keep students quite in the library, calling the teachers "crazed disciplinarians."
"I could not defend this on First Amendment grounds," he told the Union-News in Springfield. "I could not defend giving...of taxpayers' money for two kids to throw spitballs. They started off trying to be the New York Times and became the National Enquirer."
"He felt that they had not successfully carried out their responsibilities as editors and he had appointed them." Murphy said.
He said some teachers were upset at the tone of the editorial, but the editorial and subsequent action didn't set off a furor at school, comparing the situation to a coach pulling a poor quarterback off the team.