Word: westfield
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Wojcik started playing soccer as a six-year-old in Westfield, N.J., following in the footsteps of his older brother. In high school, he earned All-state honors for two years and was an All-American his senior year. Wojcik's college accolades include All-Ivy honors as a freshman and runner-up honors for Rookie of the Year...
Recently, a student paper at Westfield State College in Massachusetts caused a ruckus by printing an advertisement for a bar hiring female dancers. According to the article in The Crimson, many students were outraged. Westfield student government secretary Kelly O'Neill wrote in an editorial, "When something is offensive or slanderous, it should not be said or printed." Another student, Owen Broadhurt, likened it to printing an ad for "the Ku Klux Klan, American Nazi Party, D'Aubisson death squads, or similar hideous miscreants...
Applebaum said the Westfield administration has no plans to restrict what The Owl can print, and most of the pressure has come from the student body...
Student representatives debated the decision to run the advertisement a few weeks ago at Westfield's Student Government Association meeting. Barnard also brought up the issue at a more recent meeting of the student government...
Students, however, continue to take offense atthe ad. In a letter to the editor of The Owl,Westfield student Owen Broadhurt compared thedecision to run the ad for female dancers toprinting an ad for "the Ku Klux Klan, AmericanNazi Party, D'Aubisson death squads, or similarhideous miscreants...