March 7, 2003
Sense and Censorship
The editors of The Heights, an independent student newspaper at Boston College, have no tolerance for symbols of intolerance.
Last month, they rejected an ad for a student production of Good, a play about the Nazi movement in Germany, because the promo featured a swastika.
"We have a sizable community of Jewish students, and we are located in a town with a large Jewish population," says Nancy Reardon, the editor in chief. She denies that the editors censored the ad, noting that
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