Tag: Zero tolerance
Pack It, Fire It Up, And Come Along, It's Time For The Supremes To Hear About Hits From The Bong
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Posted to Legal on Tue Mar 20, 2007 at 07:48:05 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
The so-called "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" case, otherwise known as Morse v. Frederick, 06-278, is currently before the US Supreme Court awaiting a ruling which would have vast effects on the free speech rights of students in public schools.
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BMOC (Big Medievalist On Campus) Told To Sheath Thine Mighty Swift Sword
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Fri Dec 22, 2006 at 03:57:18 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Portsmouth High School in Portsmouth, Rhode Island has a tradition of allowing graduating seniors to submit their own photos for the yearbook. In years past they've featured photos of members of the band with their instruments or kids on skateboards - anything, really, that let's them better express themselves. One kid went a bit too far, in the minds of school authorities, and his photo is banned from the yearbook. What, pray tell, could this kid have submitted a photo of? It was a picture of him in medieval chain mail holding a (gasp) unsheathed broadsword. According to the school, they have this zero tolerance rule on weapons in school and this rule extends to the official pictures of seniors in the yearbook, so it's no go. Needless to say, this has caused quite a stir.
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