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School Fires Student Newspaper Adviser, Demands to See Articles Before Publication

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This article originally appeared on WND.com

Guest by post by Bob Unruh 

Raises concerns about expressive freedoms not available there

A college has embarked on a scheme that appears to be intended to give administrators the power to censor a student newspaper, and the moves have caught the attention of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.

The organization explained that officials at Ashland University recently dismissed Ted Daniels, a longtime and beloved adviser to the student newspaper, The Collegian, from his responsibilities, and then almost immediately demanded articles be submitted to the administration for review before publication.

“If Ashland wants to be known as an institution where students learn ‘How to Think,

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