SMU Blocked Publication of Critical Column

Officials at Southern Methodist University blocked The Daily Campus, the student newspaper, from including a column critical of the university's board in an issue mailed to incoming students. As recounted by The Student Press Law Center, SMU has asked for prior review of that issue (and not regular issues) as a condition of providing the paper with the addresses of the freshmen. SMU officials said that they didn't see the relevance of the column for that issue. The Daily Campus has now published the column on its website. The topic: the need for more transparency on the Board of Trustees.