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House OKs press bill; measure goes to Senate
Law would guarantee students' rights
by Alan Morgan Kansan staff writer
Kansas representatives yesterday voted to allow high school students to publish without being censored by school administrators.
The bill will advance to a Senate committee for discussion. Jackie Engel, executive secretary of the Kansas State Scholastic Press Association, expected the bill to be discussed by the Senate committee in two weeks.
State Rep. Gary Blumenthal, D-Merriman, said the 99-26 vote would send a strong message of approval to the Senate.
"The experience that we gained in trying to get the bill through the House should help us in getting the bill," said Engel, lecturer in journalism.
"But a stronger message comes from the fact that the Kansas Association of School Boards now endorses the bill." Blumenthal said.
The association was the main organized opposition to the bill before it was amended in committee, Blumenthal said.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1988 that administrators at Hazelwood East High School in suburban St. Louis had the right to censor stories in the school newspaper. The stories in question dealt with teen pregnancy and the effects of divorce on children.
In the bill passed by the Kansas House, administrators in Kansas, including principals and school board members, do not have the power to censor stories unless the stories contain libelous, slanderous or obscene material, or encourage unlawful acts.
Also, stories creating substantial disruption of normal school activity would not be protected by the bill.
Blumenthal said the bill did not legally challenge the Supreme Court decision. He said the Legislature was using its freedom to pass protective legislation that differed from the Supreme Court's decision.
"The Supreme Court said in the Hazelwood case that the students' rights were not inherently stated in the "First Amendment," Blumenthal said.
The bill would make students and instructors responsible for publishing libelous material, instead of school officials.
Cheryl Attebury, Lawrence High School journalism adviser, said the bill would not affect her views. She supports the bill.
"It really doesn't bother me that the responsibility is being placed upon advisers." Attebury said. "Since advisers were held responsible before we had the Hazelwood case, I've always felt that if there was a lawuit filed, I would be sued anyway."
Speech will concern ethical reasons for vegetarian diet
by a Kansan reporter
Tomorrow, a vegetarian will speak about the ethical and health reasons for not eating animal products.
Victoria Moran, who has been a vegetarian since 1970, will present a speech titled "Earth, Ethics and Health: The Vegetarian Solution" at 7 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium at the Kansas Union.
Mike Lowyr, president of the Campus Vegetarian Society, which is sponsoring Moran's visit, said non-renewal students were welcome to attend the speech.
"We're hoping to get a lot of people who are curious about it and want to ask questions about it." Lloyd said.
Lowry, Hastings, Neb., junior, said Moran was interested in the health and environmental aspects of being a vegetarian.
"She argues that it is a very simple solution to the world hunger problem," he said.
She also strongly supports animal rights. Lowry said
Sachin Mithal, Joliet, Ill., graduate
W.
We want to put facts in front of people and then let people decide. '
- Sachin Mithal
Joliet, Ill., graduate student
student and member of the society,
said the speech was a good activity
because many people had been
exposed to it. This information about vegetarianism.
"We want to put facts in front of people and then let people decide," Mithal said.
Moran has been exposed to many questions about vegetarianism and has had experience in answering these questions. Mithal said.
"I think she'll be able to put facts in front of people in a nice manner," he said.
Moran is the author of "Compass:
the Ultimate Ethic, an Exploration
of the Life and Work on the
Board of Directors of the Vegetarian
Union of North America.
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