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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 4 the stars and stripes thursday january 14,19b9 school officials May censor student Media Washington a the supreme court wednesday gave Public school officials Broad Power to censor student newspaper and other forms of student expression. By a 5-3 Voie the justices ruled that a Hardwood. Mo., High school principal did not violate students free speech rights by ordering two pages deleted from an Issue Ofa student produced newspaper. A school need not tolerate student speech hat i inconsistent with its Basic educational Mission even though the government could nol censor similar speech outside the school Justice Byron r. While w role for the Conn. While was joined by chief Justice William h. Rehn Tuisl and justices John Paul Stevens Sandra Day o Connor and Antonio Smylia. Justices William j. Brennan. Thurgood marshal land Harry a. Blackmun dissented. In an opinion far the three Urc Nan said the Young men and women of Fra Dodd East expected a civics lesson Bill not theone the court to ochre them  the controversy arose in the Spring of 1983 when Robert Reynolds principal of Hazelwood East High school refused to permit publication of two articles in the spectrum a school sponsored newspaper produced by journalism students. One of the articles dealt with teen age pregnancy and consisted of personal accounts by three Hazel Wood East students who became pregnant. Their names were changed in an attempt to keep their identities secret. Each of the three accounts disc Uund inc girl s re action to her pregnancy the reaction of her parents her future plans and detail of her sen life. Supreme court Roundup the second article dealt with the effect of divorce on children and quoted from interviews with stud Gnu school policy required that the principal review each Issue of inc spectrum before publication. Rey nolds objected to the two articles and the pages on which they appeared were deleted. Journalism students Kathy Kuhlmeier let Ann Tippitt West and Leslie smart sued Reynolds another school officials contending their Freedom of speech had been violated. A Federal trial judge ruled against the students but the 8th . Circuit court of Appeal reinstated the suit it ruled that inc spectrum is a Public forum because it is intended to be operated As a conduit for student viewpoints. But White s opinion wednesday said the spectrum is not. And never was a Public forum. School officials did Noi evince. Any intent to open the pages of spectrum la indiscriminate use bits student reporters and editors or by the student body generally while said. Instead they reserved the forum Tor its intended purpose As a supervised learning experience for journalism students. According 1, school official were entitled to regulate the contents of spectrum in any reasonable manner. A school May in its capacity As publisher of a school newspaper or producer of a school play disassociate itself nol Only from speech that would substantially interfere with us work or impinge on the right of other students but Alio from speech that is. For exam beastly weather they re having h the freezing temperature in Hun Lavelle Ala does t nuke then shiver Ken Shupp i neighbors probably will get Sam Tamim Hen they see Bis Snow sculpture of a Rynn Rosaur. Shlep used same Spray paint on his Dinosaur artwork which he sculpted far he son Chris after a heavy Snow. Pie ungrammatical poorly written inadequately re searched biased or prejudiced vulgar or prorate or unsuitable for immature  he added educators do not offend the first amendment which guarantees Freedom of speech by exercising control Over tie style and Content of stud Cut speech in school sponsored expressive activities so Long at their actions Are reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical  for such school sponsored activities the court used a less stringent Standard than it did in a landmark 1969 decision involving the wearing of anti War Arm bands by student. In that decision the court said Public High school May curtail students free speech rights Only when the student expression is materially disruptive or invade inc rights of others. That 1969 Standard Wei it said need not also be inc Standard for determining when a school May refuse to lend its name and resources to the dissemination of Public  in his dissenting opinion Brennan said school officials at Hai Etwood East had promised journalism Stu dents an atmosphere conducive to. Exercising the full panoply of rights associated with a free  in my View Brennan said. Inc principal broke More than just � Promise. He violated the first amendment s prohibitions against censorship of any student expression that neither disrupts Classwork nor invades the rights of others the tax is a Actwood school District is. Kuhl a Cir 36-836. Baby born of sea Jsn f . Citizen officials maintain Miami a a baby born aboard a . Coastguard Cutter about 300 Miles from Miami it not a . Citizen immigration and naturalization service officials say. But the baby s Mother. Sale of a Sias of Haiti was Given a six month work permit so she could press her request Tor political Asylum District ins director Perr Rivkind said tuesday. Teresias gave birth to her daughter wisc of on saturday aboard the Cutter dauntless which had intercepted a Boatload of haitians in International Waters fisc Atlantic. Crewmen look the s9 haitians aboard and scuttled inc rickety Sailboat. Unsure if the Newborn was a . Citizen official flew the Mother and child to Florida. Terc Siai 35, who left six children in Haiti was re leased from a Hospital tuesday and moved in with an aunt in Florida. Wisc no remains in Miami s Jackson memorial Hospital being treated for jaundice. Ins lawyers released a statement tuesday in inc Case saying the coast guard vessel is not a floating piece of .  the Salem Cal cited the u.s1 Constitution which reserves Eliz Enship for people born or naturalized in the United states. Had the baby been born in american Waters there would t be a question of her citizenship Rivkind said. A haitian activist the Rev. Gerard Jean just said his group would Aid tcresias1 tight to remain in the United slates Ama led coalition proposes malpractice plan Washington up declaring the courts incapable of resolving Ameri Ca s  billion malpractice crisis the american medical association proposed wednesday that slate medical boards or other agencies handle medical liability cases. The Ama was joined by 32 a Cicai specially organi action in making inc unusual proposal which also called for screening out frivolous claims and a Ceil ing on awards based on realistic re placement costs for losses incurred. Such a system would relieve coir congestion and reduce total health care costs while still providing equitable compensation for those truly harmed by medical negligence said or. James Todd. Senior Deputy executive vice presi Dent for the Ama. We believe that More patient injured by medical negligence will be compensated under this plan but that fewer dollars will be spent on Merit less claims and unnecessary transaction costs Todd Aid. The american bar association criticized the doctors plan questioning How the established rights to fair Ana just compensation could be preserve tinder such a system adding that the report contained no data to support a wholesale shift away from the courts of malpractice claims. But Aba president Robert Maccrate added the group would give careful consideration to the proposal because some aspects might contribute to Quality medical  Todd responded the Aba s approval was neither expected nor necessary for the proposal to work. We have built a Broad coalition with in Medicine and with the insurance Industry and we think this is so pro thepublic1 that it will be embraced he said. It is unrealistic to expect the Legal profession will give us any sort of support. But i think the Public will recognize Law yers have an economic motive in perpetuating the current system under the new Tytler plaintiff would bring complaints to improved state medical boards or a separate Agency which would provide fre Elegal representation to those request ing it. An expert administrator would judge whether the claim had any Merit before the Case would be Given a hearing. Judgments would be based on whether the physician violated a reasonable Standard of care based on prevailing medical care and available resources  
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