Argues that the inherent ambiguity of two United States Supreme Court rulings concerning the First Amendment rights of students has allowed two judicial philosophies on banning books to develop in schools across the country. (FL)

Makes a case for stressing the beneficial aspects of gene propagation, and answers many questions about the potential hazards of this research. (MLH)

Considers the limits of freedom experienced by the student in the classroom and the idea of true freedom as freedom from consequences. (Author/RK)

Considers the question of the media as a necessity or luxury, questioning whether the flood of trivia overwhelms and dulls our sensitivities to the part of the media that tells us of government activities and the events of the world.

Presents for classroom discussion the tension between communication ethics and freedom of speech issues through the case of the 1991 public "outing" of a closeted homosexual. Presents questions for student discussion that provide an opportunity to explore a multilayered ethical problem concerning First Amendment rights and the…

Summarizes some of 2001's more interesting and important court cases regarding free speech in higher education, commenting on their effects on case law. (EV)

Describes how the University of Arkansas has shown how fast an institution can get off the censure list of the American Association of University Professors. (EV)

Describes two cases involving principals' First Amendment rights to freedom of expression, followed by questions and answers related thereto. (PKP)

Asserts that academic freedom concerns much more than tenure; for adjuncts and other contingent faculty labor conditions significantly restrict academic freedom in its deepest and most practical sense: the freedom to provide and facilitate the best possible education for students. (EV)

Analyzes free-speech challenge to school district's guidelines for acceptable expressions on ceramic tiles painted by Columbine High School students to express their feelings about the massacre. Tenth Circuit found that tile painting constituted school-sponsored speech and thus district had the constitutional authority under "Hazelwood School…

Examines the extent newspaper editorials in the twentieth century have supported the first amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and of the press. Finds that support of the first amendment was not always forthcoming in times of domestic crisis. (RS)

Examines the relationship between imagination, silence, and democracy, and claims that all human rights depend on freedom of imagination and esthetic sensitivity. Concludes counselors are the advanced guard of imagination as it tries to break into civilization by touching its citizens though the symptoms of its discontents. (Author/ABL)

Presents the case justifying U.S. withdrawal from UNESCO. Discusses the range of support for this action among U.S. groups of various political orientations and other Western nations, the lack of any attempt at reform at UNESCO during the one-year waiting period before finalization of withdrawal, and circumstances under which the United States…

Discusses "private censorship" as it relates to car dealers and television advertising. Defines "private censorship" as that which occurs when a broadcaster suppresses or alters a news story that affects commercial clients (advertisers). Makes recommendations for a freer press. (JOW)

Provides school administrators and school districts without clearly defined policies for handling censorship cases with 10 steps by which to deal with such cases. Details how censorship cases should be dealt with by school boards and administrators. (HB)