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Rev. Michael Dyson
to deliver Martin
Luther King JR.
commemoration
The Rev. Michael E. Dyson,
best-selling author and professor at
DePaul University will deliver UNC
Wilmington’s annual Martin Luther
King Jr. commemoration address
Thursday, Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. in Kenan
Auditorium. The event is free, but
tickets are required and can be ob
tained from the Kenan Auditorium
box office by calling 962-3500.
An African-American, religious
and cultural scholar, Dyson has
written for numerous publications
including The New York Times, Chi
cago Tribune, The Washington Post
and Rolling Stone. He is the author
of “I May Not Get There With You:
The True Martin Luther King Jr.,”,
“Race Rules: Navigating the Color
Line,” and “Between God and
Gangsta Rap: Bearing Witness to
Black Culture.”
Board of Trustees
meetings
The regular quarterly committee
meetings of the Board of Trustees
will take place Thursday, Jan. 18
and the full board meeting at 8:30
a.m. on Friday, Jan. 19 in the
Madeline Suite.
Among items on the agenda are:
capital improvement projects report,
master plan progress report, pro
posed student fees for 2001-2002,
proposed room and board rates for
2001-2002, designer selection for
printing services addition/expan
sion, Westside Hall renovation, gen
eral classroom building and aca
demic/classroom facilities for fine
arts.
Randall Library
offers tours
Randall Library will be conduct
ing tours during the first two weeks
of the spring semester. Tours begin
behind the display cabinet at the
front entrance of the library and will
last about 30 minutes. Tours will be
held:
Tomorrow - 1 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 16-2 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 17-3 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 18 - 10 a.m.
Friday, Jan. 19-9 a.m.
Collet rules in favor of student speech
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college students as well? The Society
for Professional Journalists does not
think so. Now, neither does the U.S.
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cin
cinnati.
The court ruled on Friday that offi
cials at Kentucky State University were
out of line in confiscating and censor
ing some 2,000 copies of the 1993-94
edition of the Thorobred, the school’s
student-produced yearbook.
Officials at KSU confiscated the
book in 1994 after expressing concerns
about the quality of the book, as well as
its purple color scheme, which officials
said was not representative of the
school’s colors.
Yearbook editors Capri Coffer and
Charles Kincaid then sued the univer
sity, arguing that the university’s actions
were unconstitutional.
In 1997, U.S. District Judge Joseph
Hood, citing a U.S. Supreme Court rul
ing on a similar case involving high
school students, ruled in favor of the
university. Hood pointed to Hazlewood
School District v. Kuhlmeier, a case that
granted high school officials the right
to censor student publications that do not
fall in accordance with the school’s edu
cational philosophy.
The decision to apply a high schotil
law to a college publication outraged
students around the country, who saw
the decision as a threat to what they felt
were basic rights.
“It is ludicrous to assume that a 13-
year-old is similar in judgment to a 22-
year-old college senior,” read an edito
rial that appeared in the Student, Miami
of Ohio’s student newspaper. “More
over, virtually all college students are
adults who enjoy inherent rights and re
sponsibilities. Hood has implied that
college adults are no more capable than
are juveniles.”
Lawyers for the students, with fund
ing from the SPJ, sought last year to re
verse the decision. They argued that,
contrary to the district court’s opinion,
Kentucky State’s status as a public uni
versity makes it a public forum, and that
students as result are not subject to the
same standards of censorship as their
high school counterparts.
In his ruling. Judge R. Guy Cole con
curred.
“Given KSU’s stated policy and prac
tice with regard to the yearbook, the na
ture of the yearbook and its compatibil
ity with expressive activity, and the
university context in which the yearbook
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is published, there can be no question
that The Thorobred is a journal of ex
pression and communication in the pub
lic forum sense,” read the decision. “The
university’s confiscation of this journal
of expression was arbitrary and unrea
sonable. As such, it violated Kincaid’s
and Coffer’s First Amendment rights."
SPJ president Ray Marcano called
the ruling “a major victory for those who
fight for free speech and against cen
sorship attempts.”
“The court has sent a very strong
message to all those who would even
consider prohibiting publication of ma
terials simply because they don't like
them,” Marcano said.
“The Sixth Circuit wisely saw
through Kentucky State officials’ dis
graceful efforts to protect the
university's public image even at the
expense of students’ First Amendment
rights,” said Christine Tatum, chair
woman of SPJ’s Legal Defense Fund.
“By hiding those books, the university
has done more damage to it reputation
than it would have by releasing them.”
Officials at the university could not
be reached for comment. When asked
about the university’s reaction to the
decision, a KSU spokesperson declined
comment.
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during his battle with cancer,” said
Sizemore. “He handled everything
with determination and courage.”
Lindquist taught "classes full-time
until about a year ago, but was very
active through this summer with the
university.
Dr. Scott Quackenbush, biological
sciences chairperson, said, “Across
the state he had a dramatic impact on
students who took his ichthyology
course. His class directly helped stu
dents get jobs, and many of them arc
in supervisory positions.”
According to Quackenbush,
Lindquist's senior level courses were
always packed, and students were al
ways crushed about not being able to
get into the class.
“He was cheerful, energetic and fun
to be around,” said Quackenbush. “He
always had students ready to go on
trips with his and the drop of a hat.”
Although Lindquist was fun to be
around, he continuously challenged
students.
“I think students really liked the
challenges he gave them, and the one-
on-on interaction he had with his stu
dents,” said Quackenbush. “Dr.
Lindquist motivated students to see
their full potential, and to reach for the
things higher than they thoughts they
could reach. He helped a lot of stu
dents to succeed.”