According to the New York Times's website, Montclair State University has recently been involved in a dispute between the student government and the staff of their newspaper, the Montclarion. The arguement arose when student body president, Ron Chicken decided to hold a number of private meetings in which he did not allow any members of the press to attend. In order to protect their right to open meetings, the editor of the Montclarion, Karl de Vries, sought legal advice. De Vries paid for the lawyer with funds from the student newspaper, which in turn angered Chicken. The newspaper had also previously published articles criticizing Chicken's decisions.
Chicken removed all funding from the newspaper, making printing it impossible and loosing thousands of dollars from outside advertising clients. The current arguement is over whether or not Chicken is "censoring" the student newspaper. Are Chicken's actions justified?
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