This is memorializing the school. We want to reserve the right to ensure the quality of the product. Greene also said that since the administration considers the yearbook a non-public forum, it is not subject to total First Amendment protection. The yearbook is not a public forum. Witherspoon, however, said if the students lose their appeal, college administrators from all over the country will take advantage of the situation to control newspaper content.
All administrators get together in their circles and hold conventions.
This is going to get out. Kincaid is a threat to all journalists, Witherspoon said. But many advisers within the Sixth Circuit, which includes Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee, said they were not overly concerned with the case. Legally, we meet the criteria and are a public forum. Daniel Rice, interim director of student publications at Ohio University, said he was unfamiliar with Kincaid and, after learning of it, did not think it would affect the student newspaper, The Post .