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...student reporters at an Illinois university whose dean insisted on reviewing the school newspaper before publication. But despite the concern of student journalism advocacy groups, Harvard administrators and scholars say that freedom of speech is not in danger on this campus. After the student newspaper at Governors State University (GSU) criticized the school’s administration, the dean said the paper had to be approved before publication, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. Harvard administrators do not censor student publications, even when administrators are concerned about their content, Associate Dean of the College Judith H. Kidd said yesterday...
...GSU is now employing the misguided logic of the Hazelwood precedent, and in doing so is making arguments antithetical to the values it is supposed to espouse. Rather than supporting the quest for truth and knowledge, the administration is attempting to stifle debate and mute criticism of the school. Instead of promoting civic values and constitutional freedoms, the university is arguing in court that the guarantees of the first amendment don’t apply on college campuses...
...colleges, if any, would question the importance of freedom of the press in American society. Even GSU President Stuart I. Fagan said, “I have—and will always be—a proponent of the free press...
...what kind of message does it send to promote the free press in America while censoring student newspapers on campus? If the teachers at GSU wanted to teach a valuable lesson to their students, they would allow The Innovator the freedoms afforded to it under the first amendment...
It’s not surprising, really, that the GSU administrators wished to silence the voice of The Innovator. Those in a position of power have forever sought to silence those journalists whose mission and responsibility it is to hold them accountable and describe the world as it really...