<p>Does your school have a newspaper? My school's newspaper is currently defunct, but I'm working to bring it back to its former glory.</p>
<p>Yeah we do but it sucks! I am going to redesign it when we go back for holiday break.</p>
<p>Yes, and it sucks.</p>
<p>Yes we do. Its pretty bad. The only good article thats ever been written was when one girl (the editor) wrote an article about how admin. lets off athletes who have been caught with alcohol/drugs so they can play. Admin. got really ****ed off, destroyed all the copies, and suspended the girl (for adding the article in without permission from the teacher who supervises). Other than that, it’s normally pretty dumb, and no one cares all that much.</p>
<p>^ freedom of speech much? </p>
<p>But yes, we do! It’s actually quite good. I’m in it (a page editor) and we win a couple NSPA awards each year.</p>
<p>Can you tell me how you got started with it?</p>
<p>^^ I know. In Iowa, you’re supposed to be allowed to print whatever in a student newspaper. People actually made shirts that said “Got free press? Not at BHS!” I thought they were funny, but admin. didn’t.</p>
<p>No, you’re not. There are clear limitations on 1st amendment rights in schools. Moreover, most of the **** they’re trying to publish is borderline defamation which the school/editor isn’t protected against with shield laws as they don’t apply to high school newspapers. Good move by admin.</p>
<p>How interesting. Is having a newspaper time-consuming?</p>
<p>Not really since we don’t do much, but after this redesign it will become more time consuming. (■■■)</p>
<p>oxycontin, You obviously know little to nothing about what actual libel is, or what the actual legal limitations of school newspapers and administrative authority are. And yes, our school has a newspaper that I’m an opinions writer for. Unfortunately, our newspaper pales in comparison to some of the private/prep schools’ in the area, and we lost our title as the only newspaper in the state not under “prior review” after parents made a huge deal over an article promoting marijuana legalization last year.</p>
<p>Cool assumptions.</p>
<p>e: What would be cooler was if you knew what you were talking about</p>
<p>Not really assuming. It’s not too hard to figure out that you don’t know what you’re talking about when you say that publishing a truthful investigative article relevant to the school (since that’s what student journalists DO) is considered borderline defamation, and that an administrator is justified in suspending a student and destroying newspaper copies simply because he’s worried about being exposed. If anything, that admin deserves to be demoted, if not completely fired.</p>
<p>“truthful investigative article” ok.</p>
<p>Woah, manders93 you’re from BHS? I graduated from PV last year. I remember hearing about that whole incident. Our newspaper was decent, I think.</p>
<p>re: time-consuming issue. Our school dedicates a year-round class for newspaper, unlike most other classes which are one term. Then again, it only publishes like 4 issues a year, and they barely scrape past anything but “How did you ask your bf/gf out?” and football news in each issue.</p>
<p>@ oxycontin: Good comeback. Obviously your snarky **** should be held to a way higher level of consideration than anything I (or anyone else who has ever taken a journalism class) could produce.</p>
<p>My school does and it’s bi-monthly most of the time. Our school newspaper is enjoyed by the majority of the student body and sponsored by the local newspaper. At our high school we’re proud to say that our school newspaper has been around since before WWII and has won its fair share of awards.</p>
<p>^^ wow i wish my school paper was like that but no one even reads the paper at my school probably because its not that interesting (but i think its decent but some articles are rather lame)</p>
<p>My school does, but it’s really not read by anyone. You take it as a class, and the only thing you pretty much do in the class is go out and sell advertisements.</p>