October 6, 2000

U. of Mississippi Senior Arrested After Staging Protest in Wrong Part of Campus

Speech-free school zone.

Such signs aren't posted, but for protesters at the University of Mississippi, that phrase could describe most of the campus.

In August, Arthur Baker, an Ole Miss senior, was arrested for staging a one-man protest against The Daily Mississippian, calling the student newspaper "notoriously inept and even liberal."

The problem with Mr. Baker's demonstration was that it took place outside the university's designated

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