http://www.thefire.org/article/11633.htmlWork at FIRE long enough, and sooner or later you're bound to think you've seen it all when it comes to censorship on campus. After nearly four years here, I certainly thought I could no longer be shocked by the suppression of student speech. But a story from East Texas this week has floored me.
Here's what happened: On February 25, Texas A&M-Commerce's student newspaper The East Texan featured a front-page story reporting that two members of the school's football team had been arrested on drug charges. But many of The East Texan's readers never got to read that story in the print edition, because between 7 AM and 8 AM that morning, copies of the February 25th edition of the paper were stolen off the racks across campus. The widespread theft suggested a coordinated effort, and the negative story about the team seemed to suggest a motive. Sure enough, The East Texan reported later that day on its website that evidence implicating the football team had surfaced:
Crime Information Officer Lt. Jason Bone said an investigation is underway, which has led him to believe members of the football team are responsible for the theft. Bone said cameras located on campus have recorded several men stealing the papers. Some of the men recorded have been identified as football players according to Bone.Ok, so far, we've got a relatively routine instance of newspaper theft, the kind that FIRE unfortunately sees all too often. But here's where it gets shocking: Head Coach Guy Morriss, when confronted with his team's actions, decided to brag about the criminal censorship rather than renounce it. Wow.
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"I'm proud of my players for doing that," he said. "This was the best team building exercise we have ever done.".....
Its worth reading.
