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March 1, 1974
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Or about "*'^0 miles
■’'est of Large Northeast-
■'ersitv.”
“How big is your school?”
“Oh. about 470 students.”
“470! Ha. ha, ha! I’ve got
that many in my Political Sci
ence Class!”
“I know. That’s why I go to
Brevard.”
“Hey. man, don’t put down
‘L.N.E.U.’ It’s big, yeah, but
you get to meet alota people.”
“Well, at Brevard you get to
know alota people, including
your instructors. Why, I even
ate dinner with the President of
the College one time!”
“Yea. man, well, that’s cool.
What do you do for fun?”
“Well .... we got alota
mountains, trees, and green
things. We have “forest parties”
and sometimes we watch TV
at our professors’ houses.”
“Heh. heh. weU, come on, the
game’s starting again.”
And then in the renewed ac
tion I’d play with inspired fury
to show everyone that Brevard’s
got some mean volleyball play
ers too.
Student Apathy
An Adr^inistrative Foothold
By Saye Atkinson
Today’s world is a world in need of, and of
ten going- through radical social change, and although
the rest of the world might seem far away to those
of us who rarely venture beyond the confines of our
campus, the need for change is indeed knocking on
our door.
Recently an event occured which should have
been an instinctive cue for the gathering of a united
student body. Instead, only about eighty or so con
cerned students were at a grouping to show that they
cared and were concerned for some fellow students.
Lg-ck of concern seems to be rapidly becom
ing a way of life these days. How many of you re
member when the Viet-Namese War officially en
ded or the date of the Kent State killings? And the
worst aspect of apathy is that it seems so much eas
ier to accommodate as compared to the “trouble”
one goes through to become involved. *’
Non-violent revolutionary change can’t be
brought aibout by actions themselves; it requires
voices, demands, and compromises.
Daring to speak out is where sacrifice comes
in the form of personal involvement. It is also where
day by day changes end and true revolution begins.
Non-violent, revolutionary change does not
usually occur overnight and it can’t be done by a
handful of people; it takes the voice of a united
body, the willin^ess to sacrifice, and the realiza
tion that change is not instant but it is constant.
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The CLARION
Brevard, N. C. 28712
Member of Associated Collegiate Press and Intercollegiate
Pres. Three • time winner of ACP’s First-Qass Rating.
Published during the college session by students of Bre
vard College. The opinions expressed in this periodical
are those of the editorial board and not necessarily those
of the College.
Editor S. A. Beard
Advertising Manager Loyd Courtney
Cartoonist — — — Steve Kerr
Typist Mary Mitchell
Photographers Craig Miller, Saye Atkinson
Reporters Susan Anderson, Frank Cothran,
Jonn Covey, Gary Johnson, Gayle Rancer
M .B. Sheppard, Ray Rash, Richard Setzer,
Rose White, Clint Williams, Saye Atkinson
Advising Edntor Mark McGuire
Instructor Preston Woodruff
Advisor John Eversman
Censorship
Plaintiff was removed from
her position as manager editor
of the student newspaper at
Southern Colorado State Col
lege. She sought reinstatement,
back pay, and an injunction re
straining defendants from inter
ference with her freedom of
speech.
The student newspaper, which
had been financed by student
activity fees, was published un
der a new arrangement begin
ning in July, 1970. Because the
student government wished to
allocate a greater portion of the
fees to other projects, the
school agreed to assume the
printing costs with the student
government paying for staff
salaries and suppUes. The col
lege president announced that
the school was taking over the
role of the paper’s publisher
and the mass communications
department would supervise op
erations as an “instructional
tool.” The president’s testimony
revealed that he rega’-deH the
newspaper as a laboratory
course.
The removal came after the
acting chairman of the com
munications department twice
had to stop publication of ar
ticles which were critical of the
college president ,in one in
stance. and a local judge in the
other. It was alleged that the
articles misstated facts, were
libelous, and violated journal
ism ethics.
Before July there had been
no supervision of student writ
ing. After the first censorship
incident, the editor-in-chief was
directed to submit to the facul
ty advisor any writing the stud
ents considered “controversial.”
No attemot was made to define
“controversial” and because of
that confusion the editor-in-chief
was unsure of her responsibili
ties and had not informed her
staff of the new policy.
The court’s decision that
plaintiff’s first amendment
rights were' infringed and the
order for her reinstatement
were primarily based upon the
lack of clarity in the school’s
policy and actions. The school
had maintained that the paper
was a teaching tool, yet had
not given instruction in journal
ism ethics and had left the
paper and its staff largely un
supervised; the articles were
alleged to be libelous but no
proof of that was offered; the
paper was supposed to be a
forum for student expression
.yet the school exercised control
over its content; and the
school’s standard of “controver
sial” material was “iU-suited”
to unjustify the the treatment
of plaintiff while leaving the
work of other students unexpur
gated.
We begin by voting what we
are not reauired to decide. The
question presented is not wheth
er Southern Colorado State Col
lege may prohibit entirely the
independent expression of stud
ent opinion on campus. Cf. Tink
er V. Des Moines. Independent
Community School District, 393
U. S. 503 (1969). The college
made no effort to squelch the
student-financed Broadside
(funded by the student govern
ment after the censorship inci
dents) and we trust that plain
tiff has been and still is free to
take to the soapbox or handpress
to express her views. In addi
tion. we find it unnecessary to
decide whether a state - sup
ported college is free to es
tablish a newspaper which it
places under the control of its
journalism department, whether
such a college may decline to
finance a newspaper for the
expression of student opinion
or whether, once established,
such a project may be aban
doned. We need not decide these
questions because we have con
cluded from the evidence that
prior to the summer of 1970 the
Arrow did serve as a forum for
student expression and the new
policy of administration and
faculty was not thereafter put
into effect with sufficient clarity
and consistency to alter the
function of the newspaper. As a
result, we find, the Arrow con
tinued to serve as a student for
um, the restraints placed on
plaintiff’s writing did abridge
her right of free expression, and
her suspension was an imper
missible punishment for the
exercise of that right.
. . . Nor can we uphold such
conduct merely because it
comes labeled as “teaching,”
when in fact little or no teach
ing took pl^ce. The administra
tion and faculty may have had
the best of intentions concern
ing the Arrow’s future, but it
is clear to us that they did not
carry out their plans.
. . . This decision only re
quires that school officials make
a clear choice.
The “clear choice” is between
a student newspaper in which
editorial policies are decided
by the students, or a newspap
er controlled by the adminis
tration. In the latter case ad
ministration policies must be
clearly defined and supervised
and the educational services ac
tually provided.
Seminar Held
In Charlotte
Students, are you involved in
or seeking a career in commu
nications? Would you like to
find out more about this crea
tive field from professionals?
Here’s your chance.
The Charlotte Society of Com
municating Arts will present
‘Communications ’74,’ on March
9 at the Knight Publishing
Company auditorium, 600 South
Tryon Street in Charlotte. The
annual student seminar is free
and will run from 1:00 p. m.
until 5:30 p. m.
Jim Zeman. CSCA project
leader, explained, “The com
munications field needs more
professionals as weU as sup
portive personnel, such as sec
retaries and administrators. We
are trying to make students
more aware of our industry.”
High school juniors and sen
iors and all college students are
invited to make reservations
now by calling (704) 375-2064,
or writing to CSCA P. 0. Box
4534. Charlotte, N. C., 28204.
Name taes will serve as tickets
and are to be picked up outside
the auditorium lust prior to the
beginning fo the seminar.
An audio-visual presentation,
a speaker and business booths
will all be available to acquaint
students with the many differ
ent areas of the communicating
arts. Professionals will be sta
tioned at each booth so that
students can get a firsthand
view and one-to-one* conversa
tion about a particular field of
communications.
'“Advertising. radio-TV, de
sign, printing, photography,
modeling, publishing, writing -
the list of communications
fields is a mile long,” Zeman
said. “We want to give stud
ents a sampling of as many as
possible.”
No jobs will be offered, but
students will be able to learn
about jobs resumes and portfo
lios.
“The seminar is set up so that
students have a chance to
professionals,” Zeman said,
“and they will al be there on
March 9.”