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Why We Published the Mohammed Cartoons

College publications grapple with the Prophet controversy.

By Travis Mushett, Dartmouth College
Monday, February 27, 2006

College publications constantly walk a tightrope between upholding freedom of the press with showing sensitivity for the myriad groups on campus. As Acton Gorton, the ousted editor in chief of the University of Illinois at Urbana’s Daily Illini discovered, when these values come into opposition with one another, the choices young journalists make can have serious consequences.

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Posted on March 3, 2006 in News Elsewhere by Anayansi