Guy Morriss, the football coach at Texas A&M University-Commerce, is expressing pride at his players’ recent involvement in the theft of almost 2,000 copies of The East Texan, the school’s student newspaper. According to the coach, “I’m proud of my players for doing that. This was the best team building exercise we have ever done.” [...]
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University Football Coach: Newspaper Theft by Players a “Team Building Exercise”
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, Student Newspaper Theft, tagged College Journalism, College Media, Journalism, Newspaper, Newspaper Theft, Student Life, Student Newspaper on March 6, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Biggest College Media Villain, Fall 2009
Posted in Journalism, Student Newspaper, Student Newspaper Theft, tagged Bobby Hauck, College Media, Daily Helmsman, Journalism, Montana Kaimin, Sex Column, Student Journalism, Student Media, Towerlight, Towson University, University of Memphis, University of Montana on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is the third installment of a multi-post glimpse back at the highlights and lowlights of fall 2009 in collegemediatopia. – Biggest College Media Villain: Bobby Hauck, University of Montana Last semester, University of Montana football coach Bobby Hauck (who recently accepted a job at UNLV) threw a prolonged temper tantrum aimed directly at the student press. [...]
Memphis Student Newspaper Copies “Absolutely” Trashed
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism Ethics, Student Newspaper, Student Newspaper Theft, tagged College Media, College Newspaper, Journalism, Media, Student Newspaper on November 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Well, I will give her credit for clarity. The sister of a University of Memphis student suspected of burning the rainbow flag outside the Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center said she “absolutely” trashed hundreds- possibly thousands- of copies of the The Daily Helmsman that featured a story on her brother’s misdeeds. – But of course, [...]
Arizona Wildcat Editorials Demand Justice for Stolen News
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Student Newspaper Theft, tagged College Media, Daily Wildcat, Journalism, Newspaper Theft, Student Media, Student Newspaper on November 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Arizona Daily Wildcat is rightfully demanding justice for the recent theft of 10,000 copies of the paper. In a pair of spirited editorials aimed at the alleged culprits (a campus fraternity) and those who did not do much to investigate it (campus police), Wildcat anger leaps off the Web page. – A portion of [...]
Hate Speech, Rubber Bands, and the Student Newspaper
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, Student Newspaper Theft, tagged College Media, Hate Speech, Student Journalism on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Truly disturbing. A Detroit-based neo-Nazi group spread its anti-everything message recently by rubber-banding fliers around The Daily Chronicle student newspaper at the University of Utah (an image of one of the banded papers is below). As a Salt Lake City ABC news affiliate reported: “Some [readers] got a flier condemning ‘interracial marriage’ and others got [...]
Student Paper Files Police Report About Theft … By Police
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, Student Newspaper Theft, tagged College Journalism, Newspaper Theft, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper on March 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Drug trafficking and newspaper theft sadly aligned at MIT earlier this week when 400 copies of The Tech student newspaper (one of the oldest in the country) were found dumped in two separate recycling bins on campus. The kicker, as The Tech later reported: The issues were ‘recycled’ by campus police who were either protesting [...]
Rebel Yell Copies Stolen for Homecoming Float Construction
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, Student Newspaper Theft, tagged College Media, Rebel Yell, Student Newspaper, UNLV on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Editors at The Rebel Yell report that members of UNLV’s Greek commuity stole hundreds (possibly thousands) of copies of the student newspaper recently to help construct a float used in a homecoming event this past weekend. Is float construction merely a cover, however, for a larger Greek grudge? As the editorial shared: For the last [...]
Dethroned Homecoming Queen & College Paper Theft
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, Student Newspaper Theft, tagged College Media, Homecoming Queen, Newspaper Theft, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper, Texas El Paso, The Prospector on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this month, the student homecoming queen at the University of Texas at El Paso resigned, only two days into her reign. The alleged reason: Concerns over her previous work as an exotic dancer at a gentleman’s club. According to the Student Press Law Center, The Prospector ran a front-page story on the allegation and two [...]
The Renegade Rip-Off
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, Student Newspaper Theft, tagged Bakersfield College, College Journalism, College Media, NewspaperTheft, Student Newspaper, Student Newspaper Theft, Student Press, The Bakersfield Californian, The Renegade Rip on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Close to 1,800 copies of the most recent issue of The Renegade Rip student newspaper at Bakersfield College were stolen last week. According to The Bakersfield Californian, no details have emerged about the identity of the thief or thieves or the motivation behind his, her or their crime. The paper’s adviser said the theft did have one positive outcome: [...]
Skiff Thief Fesses Up: He Stole Papers to Protect Prof.
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, Student Newspaper Theft on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Texas Christian University student has admitted stealing more than 1,300 copies of The Daily Skiff campus newspaper. According to a Student Press Law Center report, the student’s theft was in protest of a photo run in a late-September issue featuring a professor who had been involved in some sort of fight with another prof. TCU Student Publications Director Robert [...]
Echo Especially Popular or Target of Thieves?
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, Student Newspaper Theft, tagged Student Newspaper, Theft on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
More than 1,300 copies of The Echo student newspaper at the University of Central Arkansas went missing Wednesday. The publication’s adviser has reported them stolen. A UCA professor’s take: “When I came in on Wednesday morning at 7:45 the rack was full. I made a mental note to grab a paper on my way to lunch, [...]
LampLighter + FIRE = Free Speech Victory at UD
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, Student Newspaper Theft, tagged Free Press Fights, Student Newspaper on September 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
September 17- The LampLighter can now be distributed at the University of Delaware without prior approval, thanks to the help of FIRE. UD has relented on a school policy requiring students distributing published materials on campus to have a permit. According to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, at the start of the month UD [...]
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