College publications have less hassle when it comes to running their paper. Often they are totally independent from the rest of the school and have their own source of revenue. Their purpose is similar to high school papers in that they are a training ground for journalism students and inform other students of events and happenings in their university. However just because these journalism students are out of high school and no longer under some type of censorship does not mean complaints from other people and school administrations have ceased. College publications, unlike high school papers, cannot directly be censored by the administration. Often more serious topics arise that could mean the end of the college press The Daily Wildcat at the University of Arizona Tucson has recently suffered some administrative and student blacklash. The two reasons have

been the elimnation of the Journalism department
and supposed predjuice aganist the greek system. .

In a recent editorial "The death of the 'Wildcat'" the paper said:

the elimination of the department could cripple the Wildcat over the next three years...Wildcat employees are journalism majors including all of the news reporters and most of the sports reporters. The journalism department provides many of our reporters and editors with a basic understanding of the writing skills essential to even work at the Wildcat. People work at the Wildcat because it's a good training for a career in journalism and occasionally they have a good time. But if you are looking for fame,fortune or respect from UA administrators this is not the place for you.

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or on click below for the articles I used especially for my paper.

Provost axes Statistics and Journalism

Death of the Wildcat

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