Craven Community College: Attempt to Establish Administrative Control over Student Newspaper

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Shortly after a student newspaper introduced a sex column, the administration announced a policy of prior of review for the paper. �鶹��ýIOS and the Student Press Law Center protested this unconstitutional policy. The administration then retracted its proposed policy and affirmed the First Amendment rights of student journalists on its campus.