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A chilling report by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s High School Initiative found that 75 percent of high school students believe flag burning is illegal and that nearly 50 percent believe the government can censor the Internet. And nearly half disagree that newspapers should be allowed to publish freely without government approval of stories. At the college level, universities tend to pride themselves on fostering an environment more ripe for boisterous debate. This study, however, demonstrates how steep the learning curve is for incoming students. To boost knowledge of the First Amendment on campus, Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech (EMCVT) started First Amendment Week — a series of activities and projects designed to spur debate, question the norm and shed false perceptions. Since 1997, EMCVT has been the provider of student media publications on the Virginia Tech campus through the Collegiate Times newspaper, Bugle yearbook, Silhouette literary arts magazine, WUVT radio station, VTTV television station and Student Publications Photo Staff. The free speech emphasis of our mission is inherent in our divisions, but this event is designed to show a more deliberate dedication to freedom of expression.
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