Top News Clips:
1. Iraq’s Independent Voice
Printed in The Report, magazine of the Student Press Law Center | Fall 2011
“In a corner of the bottom-floor cafeteria of the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani are two makeshift walls with two couches, a table and one iMac computer set up between stacks of proofs and old newspaper issues. It’s headquarters of The Voice — the first independent student newspaper in Iraq — a paper with a future teetering much like the walls that surround it.” (full story)
2. Occupy protests sprout across England
Printed in The Church of England Newspaper | Fall 2011
“The events unfolding in front of St Paul’s Cathedral — and now within the walls of a once-empty Swiss bank building — are the epicentre of the UK Occupy movement. But the City of London and St Paul’s aren’t the only entities affected by the movement. This movement jumped across the pond and then it ran across the UK.”
3. Parliamentarians Warn of Fresh Attack on Camp Ashraf
Printed in The Church of England Newspaper | Fall 2011
“New Evidence announced last week reveals plans of the Iraqi military to carry out another violent attack on a makeshift refugee camp in Iraq that is home to more than 3,400 members of the Iranian opposition movement.”
4. Arson case at complex continues
Printed in The Baylor Lariat | February 18, 2011
A Baylor student who lived at The Outpost apartments is the subject of an ongoing investigation of what appears to be the construction of a bomb at the student’s apartment on Oct. 16. The Waco Fire Department was called to the apartment complex after a kitchen fire was reported. Firemen found the in-house sprinkler system had quelled the fire, and they began a second sweep of the apartment to ensure all flames were extinguished.
5. After 8-year legal battle, judge finds Howling Pig editor’s rights were violated
Published by the Student Press Law Center | June 3, 2011
A federal district court ruled Friday that a former college student who published a First Amendment-protected satirical newsletter was deprived of his right against unreasonable search and seizure when police confiscated his computer. Thomas Mink, a former student at the University of Northern Colorado, published The Howling Pig as an online commentary on “the issues rampant in Northern Colorado,” according to the newsletter’s website. (full story)
6. Video games decision win for student speech rights, advocates say
Published by the Student Press Law Center | June 27, 2011
While Monday’s landmark violent video games decision was a clear win for the video gaming industry, student journalism advocates are also calling it a victory for students’ free speech rights. The 7-2 decision showed the Supreme Court is reluctant to expand the definition of unprotected speech, even where minors are concerned. (full story)
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Past work clippings:
Church of England clips [Fall 2011]
Student Press Law Center clips [Summer 2011]
The Baylor Lariat clips [Spring 2009 - Spring 2011]
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Columns:
Viewpoint: Seniors have better gift options than football stadium fund
“My vote doesn’t have to be your vote. But your vote should be a sign of how you viewed your time at Baylor. Paying tribute to those lost in the wars that began in our generation, to the flame that represents all of the Baylor family or even to future Baylor Bears seem like great ways to leave our mark” (full story)
