Daily Press: Editor says CNU administration ordered student newspaper removed from racks

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Daily Press: Editor says CNU administration ordered student newspaper removed from racks

VPA / April 09, 2012

Stacks of the student newspaper were yanked from the racks at Christopher Newport University last week at the behest of the administration, according to its editor.

The front-page headline was about a suspected meth lab on campus, and it landed on stands Wednesday as prospective students and their parents toured campus, said Emily Cole.

Newspapers were removed that day from racks at tour hot-spots including the student union, the administration building, the Freeman Center and McMurran Hall, Cole said.

Read more at http://www.dailypress.com/news/newport-news/dp-nws-cnu-newspaper-pulled-20120409%2c0%2c7152781.story.