Eel River Sunset
That wasn’t good enough for Barkeditor-in-chief Drew Ross, an EHS senior. He and his staff put together a month’s worth of work, and now they’re out an estimated 1,100 copies of their April edition. He said that negotiations with Steffen have been unsuccessful. “He came in and addressed all the reporters and editors, and we got nowhere,” Ross said. All confiscated copies have apparently been sent to the trash.
The censorship of his paper and his staff is obviously Ross’ first concern, but there are other considerations as well. The Barkis printed with advertising money, and now it has not been able to deliver on the circulation promises made by the businesses good enough to support it. Ross fears that he will have to find some other way to pay for his print bill.
To put it bluntly, there’s no excuse for this. The drawing, a fantasy of the elves-and-fairies variety, was not lewd. It was far tamer than the average PG-13 movie. Steffen said Tuesday that he hoped that the administration and the newspaper staff could together work out some guidelines for material going forward. We suggest that he start — and end — with the First Amendment, which he says he cited to the offended students but apparently did not have the courage to defend. This is a ghastly example for a school administrator to set.
If you’d like to read the work of the Bark, you can get the paper online. Go to redwoodbark.net. The April issue wasn’t yet up at the time of this writing, but Ross said that it should be there soon.
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Railroad!
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Some Other Proposed North Coast Railroads
Choo-choo Fantasies
Exposing this east-west rail nonsense
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Wish Lists
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Today
44th Annual Kinetic Grand Championship Race
STAFF PICK / events, art, outdoors, sports, for kids, free / 9 a.m.-6 p.m. A 3-day, 42-mile kinetic sculpture race over land, sand, mud and water! LeMans start at the Noon Whistle on the Arcata Plaza. Follow the race through Manila, Eureka and into Ferndale on Memorial Day for the Glorious Finish. kineticgrandchampionship.com. 889-3024.
Flow 2012 Fashion Show
STAFF PICK / events / 8 p.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. Student designed and produced clothing. Fundraiser for Arcata Arts Institute. $35/$25 students. artsinstitute.net. 822-1220.
Woodside Preschool's Rummage/Bake Sale
events / 8 a.m.-noon. Woodside Preschool, 900 Hodgson St, Eureka. www.woodsidepreschool.com. 445-9132.
Lanphere Dunes Restoration
STAFF PICK / outdoors / 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Meet at Pacific Union School. Help remove non-native invasives at the Lanphere Dunes Unit of the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Tools and gloves provided, wear work clothes and bring water. Carpool to the protected site. 444-1397.
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