Ever since he started at Stevenson High School, senior Evan Ribot has gone to the journalism room nearly every day, working his way up through the ranks of the nationally recognized student newspaper. "My job with the paper has defined my high school career," said Ribot, the managing editor. But Tuesday, that career ended. Ribot […]
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Stevenson High School: Newspaper editors resign in protest
China Says Clinton Remarks on Internet Censorship "Damage" Ties
China said remarks made by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticizing China’s censorship of the Internet were unjustified and damaged bilateral ties. In a speech in Washington yesterday, Clinton called on U.S. technology companies to resist censorship of the Internet and said perpetrators of cyber attacks such as those who targeted Google Inc. must […]
Psalms banned, but witchcraft OK
Supreme Court endorses 'hostility' toward Christianity A lower court's "hostility" towards Christianity will stand after the U.S. Supreme Court today refused to intervene in a school district's censorship of a kindergartener's choice of literature for a class reading. "By refusing to hear Mrs. Busch's case, the U.S. Supreme Court has endorsed the kind of hostility […]
California School District Bans Dictionary Over Phrase "Oral Sex"
A Menifee, California, school district has banned the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Because the book contains the words "oral sex." The school district is now "forming a committee to review whether dictionaries containing the definitions for sexual terms should be permanently banned." Of course they are. The district will no doubt consider more age-appropriate dictionaries as replacements. […]
Australian Internet Censorship Approved
The Federal Government will introduce compulsory internet filtering to block overseas sites which contain criminal content, including child sex abuse and sexual violence. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy announced the changes today following a controversial trial to filter the internet which was conducted earlier this year. Senator Conroy says some internet content is simply not suitable […]
For students, a right to be mean online?
One morning in May 2008, an eighth-grader walked into Janice Hart's office at a Beverly Hills school crying. She was upset and humiliated and couldn't possibly go to class, the girl told the counselor. The night before, a classmate had posted a video on YouTube with a group of other eighth-graders bad-mouthing her, calling her […]
Students' speech rights become murkier on social networking Web sites
School rules are trickier in cyberspace. As social networking sites attract younger followers, schools across the country are grappling with the fuzzy boundary between harmless online chatter and valid security concerns. The issue hit North Texas this month when two Frisco middle-schoolers were suspended for threatening to kill their teacher on Facebook. Legal experts say […]
Judge Asks School Paper to 'Tidy Up' Remarks
WASHINGTON — The school newspaper at Dalton, a private school in Manhattan, contained a cryptic note from its editors last Friday. “We are not able to cover the recent visit by a Supreme Court justice due to numerous publication constraints,” the note said. It promised “an explanation of the regrettable delay” in the next issue. […]
Hey, kids! Hate school? Don't tell Facebook!
The First Amendment right to insult one's school increasingly challenged. High school sucks. Did you forget? Don’t believe it? Check out Facebook. Contrary to the evidence on Facebook student pages however, high schools aren’t the only educational institutions capable of totally sucking. Even schools you elect to attend, for example, the Salon Professional Academy of […]
What's wrong with 'meep'? It's all in how you say it
DANVERS — It's no surprise that using bad language in school can get you into hot water. But "meep"? Danvers High parents recently got an automated call from the principal warning them that if students say or display the word "meep" at school, they could face suspension. Meep doesn't mean much, unless you are Beaker […]
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