Aug

28

(old) news roundup

Filed Under free speech, news |

We’re sad to say it, but there won’t be a news section in our next issue. There hasn’t been a news editor for quite a while now, nor do we have a cadre of regular, dependable reporters. Jerianne has been writing most of the news articles in recent issues, butshe simply cannot devote the time to it any longer. So, until someone steps forward to take over the task, the news section is going away. We’ll do our best to post links to articles we think are interesting or relevant.

Here’s a few stories from last fall and earlier this year (stories that would have been in the new issue, had we a news editor).

Yet again students were suspended for drawing a gun, thanks to asinine zero tolerance policies. One was a second grade student in  New Jersey, the other an eigth grader in Arizona. Read more… and more…

Airport screeners are watching what you read. Read more…

Tacoma Anarchist Bookfair Accused Of Being “Homeland Security Threat.” Read more…

High school students in Connecticut weren’t allowed to discuss the war, so they wrote a play about it. “Voices in Conflict,” was quickly banned by the school, but made it to New York where it brought the audience to tears. Read more…

Wisconsin student incorporates Biblical references into a drawing made for a class assignment and gets a zero after refusing to change it; files federal lawsuit. Read more…

Yet another student takes her school to court to fight against being punished for critical comments she posted to a website. Read more…

And here’s a few more recent things:
Two students in Massachusettes get arrested for comandeering the school’s intercom. The principal accused them of reading excerpts from a speech by Fidel Castro; other students said it was a passage from 1984 by George Orwell. Read more…

A Rhode Island school district plans to track its students using RFID chips in their schoolbags. ACLU protests the program. Read more… and more…

Postal activist Douglas Carlson filed a complaint against the USPS, alleging it had improperly stopped offering Bound Printed Matter rate to retail customers. (Individuals can still use BPM, but you have to apply the postage yourself.) USPS ordered to respond in April, but I can’t find any update…


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