
According to the Quad-Cities Times, Adam Sullivan, the editor of the award-winning City High Little Hawk said 'I've been on the paper for three years — we've never had a case of censorship before'.
The story, which had previously been reviewed by Mark Hanson, the school's "asked, but did not insist that it not be published."
According to Editor and Publisher, " Jeff Morris, the Little Hawk faculty adviser, said "under Iowa's student press law, school administrators have the right to censor student publications if they deem it a 'substantial disruption' to the school."
Factoid: Iowa's law on student journalists says the publication of a school newspaper can't be stopped unless it contains information that is obscene, libelous, slanderous, or encourages students to break the law, violate school regulations or cause the disruption of the operation of the school.
If Hanson did what he did, it's his call," Morris said. "Obviously, Adam is the executive editor and of course, he wouldn't want (the paper) pulled."
Hanson, spurred by three "near-fights," made the decision to remove the newspaper from the school.
Sullivan said the confrontations over the story show there are racial issues at the school that need to be dealt with.
'I think by pulling the paper, they (administrators) showed they didn't want to deal with it,' he said.
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