Times-Beacon: Sounds of silence echoed in Ocean

An editorial published Wednesday by the The Times-Beacon newspaper of Long Beach Island, NJ, touched on the Bosley case at Ocean County College...

America was founded by dissidents — men who were unafraid to criticize those who ruled them.

Though our forefathers won the war against the British, the battle against censorship continues today...

...Here in Ocean County, criticism of Ocean County College officials in the college's student newspaper, The Viking News, is believed by many to be the reason four faculty members were either fired or had their duties cut back last month.

Among them is Karen Bosley, a Long Beach Island resident and faculty advisor to the award-winning Viking News for 35 years. Bosley has been told she not only will not be the paper's advisor next year, but will not be returning to the journalism classes she once taught.

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