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I'm wondering what kind of censorship you ran into in high school. How did you fight it.

Is it the same in college (Columbia).

By Sleepdeprived (Sleepdeprived) on Monday, October 04, 2004 - 08:46 pm: Edit

I've been censored a lot myself and i find that you just have to keep trying b/c if you don't try to push the limits, the limits may very well shrink (there was a particularlly absurd censoring incident involving cow udders).

I'm SURE the press at college ,esp a school like columbia, is much much more free.

By Ivyman1 (Ivyman1) on Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 04:08 pm: Edit

Unlike any other College newspaper, the Columbia Spectator (www.columbiaspectator.com, the second oldest college newspaper in existence and one of the richest) has been independent since the 1960s. It cannot be censored - though the university and the paper do what they can to maintain a strong relationship.

By Sac (Sac) on Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 04:11 pm: Edit

The Daily Cal, at Berkeley, is also independent and has been for years. There are probably other independent college newspapers, not that that takes anything away from the Spectator.