Friday, December 23, 2005
And The Controversy Continues
Support The Student Voice
In an article in Friday, December 23’s Republic, An article was published on the front page regarding the censorship of Columbus North’s Triangle and our own Oracle.
According to the proposal by school board member Russell Barnard, any material published by the student papers would have to be fed through the school principal and the superintendent.
Although our schools are supposedly about the students, the students only have one legitimate voice. This is the Publications Department. Through the Oracle and the Altis, our opinions are expressed. If the newspaper is censored by the administration, this voice will be smothered.
We will be left with nothing.
Support The Last Student Voice.
Write a letter to the School Board.
Sign below.
We, the students of Columbus East High School, oppose the censorship by the administration of our only true voice: The Oracle. We believe that if something is "inappropriate," the Editor of the publication will put a stop to it. Otherwise, the newspaper is ours to publish.
Signatures.
With my name signed on the back.
This, my friends, warrants a stand of some sort. The administration needs to regain sight of who they are serving. Not the parents, not the government, not the community feeling. The Students. Without the students, they would be without a job. In my opinion, they have never even been in sight of this idea. The students have no say in anything that is imposed on them. The least they can do is let us vent. But if they have power over the newspaper as well, then we lose our last voice. It becomes theirs. That's injustice if I ever saw it.
If you go to CEHS, look for these fliers hanging in the stairwells, in the library, or in Band or Drama on your first day back.
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You're not alone in your fight. Check out thetattooblog.com -- and if anyone connected to the paper wants to write an opinion piece about what's happening, we'd love to get it for The Tattoo, at www.ReadTheTattoo.com.
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Monday, December 12, 2005
I'm disappointed
Guys, It's been nearly two weeks and nobody has posted! *sigh* So, since none of you are nice enough to post, I guess I shall.
I don't really have anything to say come to think of it, I just wanted our blog to have a nice new post on it.
wow, I'm really pathetic. I can't think of anything at all to post about. Nothing.
I don't really have anything to say come to think of it, I just wanted our blog to have a nice new post on it.
wow, I'm really pathetic. I can't think of anything at all to post about. Nothing.
