Daily Press: CNU president says staff should not have hidden student newspapers

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Daily Press: CNU president says staff should not have hidden student newspapers

VPA / April 10, 2012

NEWPORT NEWS — Christopher Newport University's president condemned the behavior of staffers who hid stacks of the student newspaper last week because of a headline about a campus meth lab.

In an email to students, faculty and staff Tuesday, Paul Trible wrote that CNU employees took their own initiative to pull The Captain's Log from racks ahead of campus tours for prospective students.

The Daily Press reported the incident Tuesday, including the Student Press Law Center's comment that Trible should condemn the incident because it suppressed free speech.

Read more at http://www.dailypress.com/news/newport-news/dp-nws-cnu-newspaper-folo-20120410,0,141555.story.