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The article reports on the obscenities of college papers in the U.S. As reported, there were more than 10 attempts to censor suspected obscenities in school publications. One of the prime adversaries of censorship in campus newspapers is the College Press Service (CPS) which has roughly 300 campus subscribers. According to Susie Schmidt, CPS editor, that the service has no exact numbers of college papers which uses the uncut versions.

The article reports on the plan of students at North Dakota State University and Minnesota-based institutions Moorhead State College and Concordia College to have a single newspaper for the three campuses, called "The Paper." The newspaper will be supported by subscriptions and advertising at first. The organizers may also ask for student-government funds. The paper would not be an underground or radical publication.

This article reports on the increasing number of student newspapers that are cutting all financial ties with their colleges and universities. A few newspapers have done so on their own accord, hoping to insure their editorial independence. However, most Ivy League papers have always been independent, receiving revenue from subscriptions, advertising, and newspaper sales. INSET: Study Finds Many Officials Growing Weary Of Problems.

The article reports on the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that a state university cannot expel students for distributing offensive publications on campus. The decision reversed lower court rulings that had upheld the expulsion in 1969 of a University of Missouri for distributing an underground newspaper. Plaintiff Barbara Susan Papish should be reinstated in the graduate journalism program unless she is banned from reinstatement for valid academic reasons.

The article focuses on the student newspapers in eight campuses that have printed advertisements for abortion counselling and referral services. Some of the newspapers were ordered to stop the printing of the advertisements by the school administration. One of the newspapers ordered to stop printing was "The Concordian" of Concordia College in Minnesota. However, some student newspapers continued to print the advertisement.

The article reports that the editorial advantages, financial problems and legal pitfalls of student newspapers' independence from college and university administrations were major topics discussed at the seventh national congress of the U.S. Student Press Association held in Valparaiso, Indiana. Association executive director Robert Johnston said that student have as much to say and as much right to say it the way see it, as anybody on campus.

The article reports that the board of regents of the University of Florida has asked university president Stephen O'Connell to cancel his appointment of a university employee as editor-publisher of the student newspaper and yearbook. O'Connell's decision to replace the student editor with the university employee arose in 1971 after the newspaper illegally published advertisement for abortion referral agencies.

The article reports that student editors of different universities in the U.S. are working together to fight the attempts of college administrators and governing boards to increase their control over student publications. According to Nellie Jo Lee, a staff member of the U.S. Student Press Association, campus papers in the state are uniting when one paper is threatened. She added that one example of this is displayed by five papers in Massachusetts where they got together to support "Cycle."

The article reports on the ruling of a state attorney general that colleges in Oklahoma have no right to ban underground school papers due to disagreement on articles. This ruling was made to the case of "Dialogue," an underground paper of Central State College, which criticized college president Garland Godfrey. According to the ruling, the newspapers were under the protection of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Also, a judge dismissed six students from felony charges.

The article discusses the "Exponent," the new name of the student paper at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama. It has typical issue about the military-industrial complex, the plight of American Indian children, and war toys. There are also many campuses that have changed the formats of their paper. On theses campuses, student editors, adopted a magazine style format, added news about off-campus events and issues, and their political tome generally has shifted to the left.

The article reports on the plans of student editors and members of the United States Student Press Association to encourage campus papers to free themselves financially and editorially from college and university administrations. The organization has also made proposals for their Collegiate Press Service to enlarge its staff and become more aggressive in news gathering.

The article discusses the order of University of Texas president B. H. Amstead to shred 1,300 copies of the campus newspaper "The Windmill". This is because the newspaper printed a letter that criticizes the board of regents of the university. The paper's editor, Joel Asbury, was fired.

The article reports on the new guidelines for the student newspaper's tightening administrative control approved by the University of California Board of Regent. The guidelines provide that chancellors will be directly responsible for the conduct of student publications, and must review each paper within twenty-four hours of publication.