September 18, 2011
1. Situation Have you ever said one thing but others decode it differently? Words are powerful by the way we arrange them in speech and on paper. A single word can change a whole idea. For instance, what if you published a story and used the word her rather than the word Susan? The word […]
September 12, 2011
1. THE FACTS In May 1983, Cathy Kuhlmeier and two other student journalists at Hazelwood East High School filed suit against the Hazelwood school District. Kuhlmeier and the two other staff members did this after the principal, Robert Reynolds, required the deletion of two pages from the school paper on May 13, 1983. The articles […]
September 12, 2011
Facts: As we finish discussing the first amendment and begin analyzing student speech, it seems fitting to look at a case that combines both: Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School Dist. 393 u.s. 503 (1969). John F. Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt went to high school in Des Moines, Iowa. Mary Beth Tinker attended middle school. […]
September 11, 2011
1. Situation The United States has been engaged in war in the Middle East for years now. A political group is making an Internet campaign through social media to tell Americans not to support the government and to oppose U.S. involvement in the Middle East. Part of the campaign is directed to convincing Americans not […]
