February
28, 2006
Campus Censorship Discussed at Oakton Forum
The latest controversy over free speech on college campuses will be the topic of a forum 4 - 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 8, as part of Cultures Week at Oakton Community College, 1600 E. Golf Road.
Sponsored by the OCCurrence, Oakton's award-winning student newspaper, "Student Censorship: Real or Imagined Threat?" features two legal experts in a lively freedom of the press showdown. The discussion expands on the U.S. Supreme Court's Feb. 21 decision to reject the appeal of Illinois student journalists who sought damages from Governors State University. The case, known as Hosty v. Carter, stems from an incident in 2000 in which the college halted publication of the newspaper after students refused to submit articles for review.
Participants in the Oakton forum include Gary Feinerman, solicitor general for the Illinois Attorney General, who filed the brief that urged the high court to pass on the case, and Richard M. Goehler, who argued the original case on behalf of the Student Press Law Center, Associated Press Managing Editors and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
More than 60 individual presentations comprise Cultures Week, including Oakton's annual Modern Languages Film Festival and Women's Day, an exploration of the creative spirit of women. With a few exceptions, Cultures Week programs are free and open to the public.
For more information call 847-635-1672, or visit www.oakton.edu/cultures.
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