by Tania deLuzuriaga
FSView & Florida Flambeau
Florida State University
(U-WIRE) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - One of Florida's oldest college newspaper was shut down this week and the entire editorial staff fired after publishing a profanity-filled April Fool's Day issue that included racist jokes and a sex column advocating rape and domestic violence.
Stetson University on Wednesday suspended publication of its student newspaper, The Reporter, for the rest of the school year. Members of its staff said they were given 15 minutes to clear their belongings out of the office as the locks were being changed.
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"We pushed some buttons that may not have needed to be pushed," sex columnist August Brown said.
Several students at the campus said they thought the punishment exceeded the crime.
"It was a little offensive, but it was obviously a joke," said Liz Burdett, a Stetson freshman majoring in international business. "What happened to the First Amendment?"
