Florida Autocratic University

Florida Atlantic University's student government is slipping off the deep end. After banning candidate Tony Texiera from campaigning before the election (yeah, it's true), the Student Government politburo is considering a punishment for one of Texiera's supporters. That student's crime: Distributing a University Press report to students on campus. "I...
By Bob Norman
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Florida Atlantic University’s student government is slipping off the deep end. After banning candidate Tony Texiera from campaigning before the election (yeah, it’s true), the Student Government politburo is considering a punishment for one of Texiera’s supporters. That student’s crime: Distributing a University Press report to students on campus.

“I should get an honorary membership to Reporters Without Borders,” says University Press advisor Michael Koretzky (who I should thank for the headline above). “Because journalism at FAU is a lot like journalism in China and Zimbabwe.”

Read about it here.

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Bob Norman

Journalist Bob Norman has been raking the muck of South Florida for the past 25 years. His work has led to criminal cases against corrupt politicians, the ouster of bad judges from the bench, and has garnered dozens of state, regional, and national awards.

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