Wednesday, October 24, 2007
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By Rob Daniel
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Several City High students are upset after school administrators pulled issues of the school newspaper that contained results of a survey about racial attitudes Friday.
The Oct. 19 edition of the Little Hawk was pulled at about 1:30 p.m. Friday following complaints from black students at the school, executive editor Adam Sullivan said Tuesday. He said City High principal Mark Hanson pulled the issues unfairly.
"He didn't tell anybody (Friday)," Sullivan, 17, a City High senior, said. "My staff, my adviser."
The student newspaper published a survey of 350 students about their attitudes on race, religion and sexuality. According to the survey, 13 percent of those polled viewed black students unfavorably, while 2 percent viewed white students unfavorably.
Hanson said the survey, as well as an editorial pleading for racism at City High to be addressed, caused three "near-fights" between students Friday. He said he decided to pull the issue to promote student safety.
