2 Student Newspapers Shut Down After Publishing Controversial April Fools' Day Issues

By BETHANY BROIDA

April Fools' Day gag issues of student newspapers are a tradition, but the papers at two Pennsylvania colleges -- Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Scranton -- took the jokes a step too far this year, resulting in the suspension of both publications.

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