Seizure of Kansas student newspapers shone light on dispute
May 7, 2017
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The temporary seizure of newspapers at a Kansas community college last week shone a media spotlight on a long-running dispute between administrators and student journalists.
Hutchinson Community College's board of trustees is expected Tuesday to wade into the controversy.
That is when suspended journalism professor Alan Montgomery plans to talk to trustees about the administration's treatment of the student journalists and its alleged use of disciplinary procedures to punish them for news stories.
The administration earlier this month suspended him and cancelled his classe...
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