(Click on photos above for full photo and caption) At the First Amendment Symposium on Wednesday, the student journalist of the year finalists were recognized, along with various other award winners. Carly Lanich and Ashley Shuler--student journalist of the year finalists--were also awarded $1500 scholarships from the Hoosier State Press Association. David Adams First Amendment… Continue reading First Amendment Symposium
Mary Beth Tinker grew up in Iowa, where her father was a Methodist minister. When she was in eighth grade in 1965, she and a group of students were suspended from school for wearing black armbands to school to mourn the Vietnam war dead. A court challenge by the American Civil Liberties Union led to… Continue reading Spotlight on Symposium speaker: Mary Beth Tinker
Mary Beth Tinker will be visiting Franklin College on Wednesday, Oct. 23. She spoke at IHSPA convention in 2006 and will also be in attendance at the 2014 First Amendment Symposium. After retiring from nursing, Tinker began the "Tinker Tour," as she travels to schools across the United States to speak about the First Amendment… Continue reading Mary Beth Tinker to visit Franklin College
