The stated case evaluates the actions of Miss Papish, a 32-year old University of Missouri Journalism graduate student and her distribution of the newspaper, “The Free Press Underground”, on the University’s campus. The said newspaper contained images and captions deemed a violation of the institution’s bylaws of the Board of Curators by “containing forms of indecent speech.” (Alexander, 2017). The newspaper was authorized to be distributed on the University’s campus by the University Business Office and had been distributed “for more than four years pursuant” the case at hand. The petitioner began her graduate career at the institution in September 1963 and attended the University five and one-half years prior to the question at hand. The …show more content…
The paper was found intolerable because of two reasons. First, publishers reproduced a picture printed in another newspaper, prior to their usage, depicting policemen raping the Statue of Liberty and the Goddess of Justice on the cover page with the caption, “…. With Liberty and Justice for all”. The second reason was formulated in response to an article within the newspaper that focused on the recent acquit of an assault against a youth in New York city who is a member of the “Up against the Wall, M- F- “organization; the articles was titled M- F- acquitted. The petitioner underwent a hearing with the Student Conduct Committee of the University of Missouri. It was determined by the Student Conduct Committer