Friday, May 7, 2010

Landmark Case


A unique collection in the University Archives has now been digitized. "The Catalyst" was a controversial, underground student newspaper at Texas Tech University during a time of political, social and academic upheaval from 1969-1971. The attempts to censor and/or cease publication of the newspaper lead to a court battle that has become one the most notable court cases in the area of freedom of the press for school newspapers. It is often cited in cases of censorship of student presses. The collection is available for viewing here http://collections.swco.ttu.edu/handle/10605/121