Views librarians as having dual roles as censor and defender against censorship in making decisions on acquisition and access to minors. The Library Bill of Rights is criticized for its ambiguity and idealistic purity. (SW)

Discusses the criticism and praise received by a high school yearbook staff for its coverage of drugs and drinking. Points out that yearbooks are legitimate journalistic endeavors that should record substantive news about teaching and learning, what students do on weekends, the school, and world affairs that affect student life. (TJ)

Examines the Soviet Government's handling of two samizdat (self-publication) publications, and suggests that dissent in Russia is handled selectively and that the Soviet authorities are not interested in eliminating all dissent, only the dissent that they find challenging to their rule. (JMF)

The English language universities in South Africa have a long record of opposition to the policy of apartheid, whereas the Afrikaans-language universities have been intellectual bastions of apartheid. This article discusses the nature and implications of recent signs of political dissidence within the Afrikaans-language universities. (Author/JM)

Considers the definitions and treatment of classified advertising and discusses its relationship to freedom of the press and its regulation by government and industry. (KS)

Since newspapers are now largely in the economic control of non-journalists, how young journalists decide to cover the news (and how freely they are permitted to do so) will determine whether the press continues to be free. (KS)

Offers one librarian's inspirational thoughts on the value of library work: community service, clash of values, intellectual freedom, public good, love of books and libraries, the beauty of small libraries, modern budgets, librarian image, the ideal library, a favorite librarian, the solace of knowledge, the value of silence, and reminders of…

Attempts to clarify the nature of power and the distinction between individuals empowered by the existing system and those struggling for freedom by changing the system. Challenges the notion of freedom and emancipation being attained through personal transformation. (SK)

The presidents of the University of California Berkeley, Central Connecticut State University, Colorado College, and the University of North Carolina explain their actions to support academic freedom in controversies concerning Middle Eastern studies at their respective institutions. (EV)

Examines the complex ways that teachers experienced the September 11th attack, discussing its effects on pedagogy and on the urge to have schools participate in a complicated set of patriotic discourses and practices that swept the nation following the event. The paper asserts that educators must recognize their own contradictory responses to the…

Uses question and answer format to discuss scope of elementary students' First Amendment freedom of expression rights. For example, does the First Amendment prevent the disciplining of a sixth grader for writing a sexually inappropriate remark in another student's notebook? Answer: No. (Contains 13 references.) (PKP)

Asserts that although the new proprietary ethic within universities may produce certain useful results (chiefly for a handful of research institutions and their corporate sponsors), this growing market ethic is beginning to eclipse the long-standing presumption that scholarship should be open, collaborative, and public. (EV)

Considers how the post 9/11 balancing act between stopping terrorism and protecting civil liberties shows how closely the rights of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition are intertwined. Examines the First Amendment in America's schools at the turn of the century. Presents a holistic approach to the First Amendment. (SG)