“No, I don’t, because that is an infringement upon the first amendment rights – freedom of the press. Administrators should not have any censorship capabilities.”

“I think that complete freedom of the press is in the best interest of the university, the community and the entire nation.”

“Someone has to monitor what’s put into the newspaper. Perhaps they should have something to say, but not the final say-so. The faculty, the administrators, the students and the Hornet staff should have a say-so about what goes into the paper.”

“No – just like the government can’t say what the newspapers print. ... If the administration has the right to censor the newspaper, then they might suppress things they don’t want us to know about and they won’t put it into the paper. We will only read what they want us to read.”

“Yes, to some extent, because this is their school. In a sense, they are responsible for what is printed in the newspaper. However, I don’t think it is their right to step in and say you can’t say this or that. I feel it is their privelege to give some input on how it should be guided.”

State Hornet editors in chief
1949 to 1999