tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200728932011-04-22T01:21:16.179-04:00A site dedicated to reversing Ocean County College's decision to remove Prof. Karen Bosley from from her post as adviser of the student newspaper.BKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221933433272844200noreply@blogger.comBlogger541100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20072893.post-53479216734317756552007-09-03T09:16:00.000-04:002007-09-03T09:24:15.482-04:00

Asbury Park Press columnist Bill Handleman has written some very entertaining pieces on the state of affairs over at Ocean County College in the past year or so, and he continues to do so with this latest column.The following excerpt is more than I usually like to extract from a newspaper column, but I feel the need to preserve a good portion of the piece for this blog once the link becomes

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I received word Friday evening that Prof. Karen "Boz" Bosley had reached a settlement in her federal lawsuit against Ocean County College, its trustees and several administrators.Here are some links to related articles:Ocean County Observer - OCC, journalism professor settle suitAsbury Park Press - Professor reaches deal with collegeAnd here is a statement released by Boz on the settlement:This

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Jon H. Larson, president of Ocean County College, finally reacts to the OCC-Viking News settlement...OCC president says both sides "happy" with lawsuit settlementStudent journalists sued college over First Amendment rightsPosted by the Asbury Park Press on 06/19/07BY LAUREN O. KIDDTOMS RIVER BUREAUTOMS RIVER — In response to the settlement of a lawsuit filed against him by student journalists,

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Here is yet another Asbury Park Press article about the settlement between OCC and the Viking News:Adviser "proud" of students' legal victoryOCC journalists fought censorshipPosted by the Asbury Park Press on 06/18/07BY LAUREN O. KIDDTOMS RIVER BUREAU The longtime adviser to Ocean County College's Viking News said she is "very proud" of her students following the settlement of a lawsuit the

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Here is the full text of the joint statement from the Coppola v. Larson settlement that reinstated Prof. Karen Bosley as Viking News adviser and resulted in a "First Amendment" statement that says Ocean County College "supports free speech" among other things.Joint Statement - Coppola v. LarsonAnd here is an excerpt from an article on the Student Press Law Center Web site...A college newspaper

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This is absolutely fantastic news! Congratulations to Boz and the staff of the Ocean County College Viking News!OCC, journalism students reach settlement in First Amendment caseFired faculty adviser also gets job back permanentlyPosted by the Asbury Park Press on 06/15/07BY KIRK MOORETOMS RIVER BUREAUTOMS RIVER — A legal settlement announced late Thursday will create a new student media advisory

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Bill Handleman of the Asbury Park Press has done it again. I wrote about this piece by Mr. Handleman back in October...and he has written another gem.More fear, loathing at OCCPosted by the Asbury Park Press on 01/7/07Quite by accident, two former professors from Ocean County College may have struck a blow for educational freedom in New Jersey.Karen Veselits and Patrick Mitchell, who were fired

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Well, I was supposed to put these links up last week, but since I am busy looking for a new job, I just didn't get around to it...but here you go.The first link/excerpt is from an editorial piece published in the Ocean County Observer on Nov. 12, 2006.Students educate OCC on free pressPosted by the Ocean County Observer on 11/12/06There are achievements of many kinds at Ocean County College, not

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While the St. Louis Cardinals were parading around with the 2006 World Series trophy Sunday, Karen Bosley and the Viking News picking up some hardware of their own in the Gateway City.Bosley received the 2006 Louis E. Ingelhart First Amendment Award recognizing educators who defend the First Amendment rights of student journalists. The award, which is conferred annually by College Media Advisers,

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Wow! Kudos to you, Bill Handleman! In this piece from today's Asbury Park Press, Mr. Handleman takes a position in support of Prof. Karen Bosley and the Viking News while taking several shots at Ocean County College President Jonathan Larson, V.P. Tara Kelly and its board of trustees.Here is an excerpt:Anyway, I was granted an audience with the president only because I sweet-talked the watchdog.

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An editorial in last Sunday's New York Times criticized the censorship tactics of Ocean County College against Karen Bosley and the Viking News. Here's an excerpt and a link...Sometimes justice really does win out, at least partially. Take the case of Karen Bosley, a tenured journalism professor at Ocean County College in New Jersey who has been faculty adviser to the college’s newspaper for 35

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From the Student Press Law Center:Adviser back at work, plans to continue lawsuitStudent editors say relationship with administration is stagnantSeptember 21, 2006NEW JERSEY — Karen Bosley is back to work as the adviser of the Ocean County College Viking News after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction in her pending lawsuit, and students say her return has been essential to the paper’

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I have been ridiculously busy the past couple of weeks, so here are links to a couple of fairly recent news stories regarding the plight of Karen Bosley and the OCC Viking News...Bosley "vindicated" upon return to OCC newspaper - August 30, 2006Asbury Park PressKaren Bosley, who is returning as student newspaper adviser at Ocean County College after a unanimous vote by the board of trustees

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The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication has passed a resolution censuring Ocean County College for terminating Prof. Karen Bosley from her roles as journalism instructor and Viking News adviser, according to this Student Press Law Center report from Aug. 14.Here is an excerpt...In addition to censuring the college, the AEJMC resolution also calls on Bosley’s

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I'm trying to keep up with all the media coverage surrounding the plight of Prof. Karen Bosley and the Viking News staff, but my real job has been keeping me extremely busy.Anyway...this editorial was published in the Aug. 11 issue of the Ocean County Observer. Here is an excerpt:A federal judge has put her back in the position, ruling the paper's student editors are likely to prevail in a

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I apologize for the lack of recent updates. I have just been really busy. But here are some links to recent media stories about the plight of Prof. Bosley and the Viking News.Student Sues School To Save Advisor’s Job - July 27, 2006AP via CBS3.com PhiladelphiaJudge Reinstates Advisor To N.J. College Paper - July 28, 2006Editor & PublisherN.J. campus newspaper adviser wins temporary reinstatement

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U.S. District Judge Stanley Chesler, who is hearing the lawsuit filed by three Viking News student-journalists against Ocean County College, has ordered Prof. Karen Bosley to be reinstated as Viking News adviser through a temporary restraining order issued Wednesday.From the Student Press Law Center story:A federal district court issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday that will reinstate a

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Prof. Karen Bosley has filed her lawsuit against Ocean County College administrators and trustees. UPDATE (6/30/06, 7:33 p.m. ET)The Student Press Law Center has posted a story today about Bosley's lawsuit that contains a link to a PDF file of the lawsuit and some examples of articles (PDF) that appeared in the Viking News.Here is a link to a story from the June 21 edition of the Asbury Park

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The saga of Prof. Bosley and the Viking News has made it to Editor & Publisher with this column by Mark Fitzgerald...Hubbub At 'Hooper High'SPJ and College Media Advisors condemn the firing of the long-time student paper adviser at Ocean County (N.J) College, once the academic home of Bruce Springsteen and my mom.By Mark Fitzgerald CHICAGO (May 23, 2006) -- My mother was in her seventies when she

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Here are some recent news articles about the plight of Prof. Bosley and the Viking News...From the Associated Press (via NJ.com Newsflash), 5/19/06:College faces ire, litigation over newspaper adviser's removal5/19/2006, 3:10 p.m. ETBy CHRIS NEWMARKERThe Associated PressTRENTON, N.J. -- A southern New Jersey community college is receiving more criticism from national journalism groups, and facing

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Full press release from CMA:Media group issues censure against Ocean County CollegeThe Board of Directors of College Media Advisers today censured Ocean County College in New Jersey, calling for the reinstatement of newspaper adviser Karen Bosley.CMA, the 800-member national organization that serves faculty and staff advisers to the nation's college media, says the censure serves as a warning to

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Apparently, I had the comment setting for this blog on "only registered users" instead of open to "anyone." I just changed it this morning...so if you have ever tried to leave a comment here and felt restricted, please forgive my stupidity and feel free to comment away now.

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SPJ releases findings from Ocean County College Task Force reportFor Immediate Release:5/10/2006Contact: Paul Schreiber, Task Force Chairman: paulschr@optonline.netCarl Corry, Task-Force Member: (631) 737-1700, carl.corry@libn.comDavid Carlson, President: (352) 846-0171, carlson@spj.orgINDIANAPOLIS – After an exhaustive inquiry into the removal of Professor Karen Bosley as student newspaper

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Three students sue Ocean County College over free speechPosted by the Asbury Park Press on 05/11/06BY JOSEPH PICARDTOMS RIVER BUREAUDOVER TOWNSHIP — Three student journalists are suing Ocean County College and the administration of President Jon H. Larson, claiming their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and the press have been violated.The lawsuit also seeks to order the college to

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OCC student journalists snubbed, then assailed at trustees meetingPosted by the Asbury Park Press on 05/3/06BY ELIZABETH C. MITCHELLAn astonishing and disheartening sequence of omissions and insults occurred at the Ocean County College Board of Trustees meeting April 26.First, the omission: The board ignored the eight prestigious state awards the student journalists of the Viking News recently

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From the Ocean County Observer:Viking News staff wins awardsIs OCC top-heavy? Answer is varied29 OCC faculty accept buyoutsHouston, we have a problem: Planetarium will close without donors' helpSave the planetarium (Opinion)

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Well, it appears that Ocean County College just wants to piss off everybody now...or at least all of those who haven't been hired as administrators yet.OCC trustees face hostile questioningPlanetarium closing, charges in student newspaper debatedPosted by the Asbury Park Press on 04/27/06BY JOSEPH PICARDTOMS RIVER BUREAUDOVER — A story in the student newspaper and the closing of the college

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If you are a subscriber to a cable company that carries News 12 New Jersey, you should be able to view this story on the channel's Web site. If not, you will have to pay something like $5 a month to subscribe to the site.However, if you open Windows Media Player and choose File->Open URL..., and then copy and paste http://ondemand1.cv.net/news12/BNADVIST.asx into the box that appears, you may be

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The New Jersey section of Sunday's New York Times (April 9 issue) included an article written by Bill Finley titled "No News is Bad News for Adviser." The story chronicles the conflict between Prof. Karen Bosley and Ocean County College Pres. Jon H. Larson.Unfortunately, the story has not been posted to the New York Times' Web site so I can't link to it. Until I can find an available online

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The comments made by Tara Kelly appearing in this article from today's Asbury Park Press are very disturbing.Newspaper group urges college to reinstate BosleyCensure could be a possibilityPosted by the Asbury Park Press on 04/1/06BY JOSEPH PICARDTOMS RIVER BUREAUDOVER TOWNSHIP — A national support group for college newspaper advisers is calling for the reinstatement of Karen Bosley, the ousted

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Well, while I was down in Nashville for a Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) conference, I just happened to come into possession of addresses and phone numbers belonging to members of Ocean County College's board of trustees. Feel free to use this information to let each of them know how unhappy you are about the way Prof. Karen Bosley has been treated. Enjoy!Mr. Carl Van

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I am going to be tied up for the next three weeks with work and a conference in Nashville, so my time will be limited until around the second week of April. Therefore, Boz Watch will be on hiatus.But I would like you to check out The People's Voice blog, by Alberto D. Morales, news and photography editor of OCC's Viking News. When I get a chance, I'll dive into the template and add the site to

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Letters to the Editor - Asbury Park Press, March 9, 2006OCC leaders authoritarianShame on the Ocean County College Board of Trustees and President Jon Larson. ("Group: Reinstate professor; Report cites power struggle at OCC," Feb. 25.)I urge all OCC alumni to reconsider making financial and in-kind contributions to the college in light of the recent removal of Karen Bosley as Viking News adviser.

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Viking News on collision course?"There is no communication between you and us," the news editor of the student newspaper at Ocean County College told the college president yesterday.Alberto Morales accused OCC President Jon Larson of "not communicating with the students," in putting together a soon-to-be-issued statement about press freedoms and a plan for the future of the college newspaper, The

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Here is some positive news from today's Asbury Park Press...Group: Reinstate professorReport cites power struggle at OCCPosted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/25/06BY MICHAEL AMSELTOMS RIVER BUREAUA report by a College Media Advisers Advocate Program on the firing of Professor Karen Bosley from Ocean County College in Dover Township recommends that she be reinstated to her journalism and English

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Well, when you consider that U.S. citizens are being illegally spied on by their own government and that municipalities can take away your property just to build a strip mall, I guess that little thing called the U.S. Constitution doesn't mean much anymore.And now, we have the U.S. Supreme Court refusing to hear an appeal in Hosty v. Carter.From Student Press Law Center:WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S

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Ocean County College officials have said that one of the reasons Prof. Bosley's contract as Viking News adviser was not renewed is because of her use of Macintosh computers in the news office. The administration's stance is that the Macs should be replaced by Windows-based computers because, as OCC Director of Student Media Joe Adelizzi says, "the prevailing standard at newspapers nationwide is a

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Tuesday's Asbury Park Press included a story with the headline OCC wants teachers' lawsuit dismissed.Well, maybe if the administration didn't try these strongarm tactics in the first place, there wouldn't be any lawsuits. Here is an excerpt:Calling charges brought by mathematics instructor Patrick Mitchell and English instructor Karen Veselits "without merit" and a "misuse of our legal system for

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Here is an article from Wednesday's Beach Haven (N.J.) Times via the Ocean County Observer Web site:Journalists society to fact- find in OCC newspaper casePosted by the Times-Beacon Newspapers on 01/25/06BY DON BENNETTSTAFF WRITERTOMS RIVER — The Society of Professional Journalists and the College Media Advisors are entering the flap over the decision by the Ocean County College Board of Trustees

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Prof. Bosley and three Viking News editors discussed their battles with the Ocean County College administration in a story published Sunday by the Asbury Park Press...Free press hot topicStudents, advisers walk fine line at college newspapersPosted by the Asbury Park Press on 01/22/06BY JOSEPH PICARDSTAFF WRITERDOVER TOWNSHIP — Is the free press less free on a college campus? Should it be?Those

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Another letter written by Tara B. Kelly, vice president of college advancement at Ocean County College, that defends the school's position on its recent personnel decisions -- including Bosley's termination as Viking News adviser and removal from teaching journalism courses -- was published in today's Ocean County Observer.To be fair, I am going to include a link to it here. I find the following

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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

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Another pro-Boz letter -- this one from Elana Aron, of Lakewood, N.J. -- showed up in Monday's Asbury Park Press...Bosley earned student supportAs a former student of Karen Bosley at Ocean County College, editor-in-chief of Seascape, the literary magazine of OCC, and a staff writer at the Viking News newspaper, I feel compelled to express my support for an outstanding journalist, teacher and

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Scott Coppola, editor-in-chief, and Alberto D. Morales, news and photography editor, of the Viking News wrote an op-ed piece that appeared in Friday's Asbury Park Press. Here is an excerpt and links to the online version...Students are focal point of OCC adviser's ousterPosted by the Asbury Park Press on 01/13/06BY SCOTT COPPOLAAND ALBERTO D. MORALESIn the interests of accuracy, we are compelled

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Today's Ocean County Observer includes a story about a special meeting of OCC's trustees and administration held Tuesday. Here is an excerpt:OCC under fire for firingsPosted by the Ocean County Observer on 01/11/06BY DON BENNETTSTAFF WRITERTOMS RIVER — "We're not going to go away," Ocean County College Professor Elizabeth Mitchell told the board of trustees yesterday as the faculty closed ranks

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An op-ed piece written by Karen Bosley appeared in Tuesday's Asbury Park Press. It was written in response to this op-ed piece written by Tara B. Kelly, vice president of college advancement at Ocean County College, which was published by the Asbury Park Press on Dec. 28.Here is the full text of Bosley's piece:Officials don't understand how college press worksBY KAREN L. BOSLEYBefore responding

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Alberto D. Morales, news and photography editor of the Viking News, wrote to tell me about a couple of stories in The Press of Atlantic City. Student journalists reject college's explanation for removing adviserStudent editors at Ocean County College's Viking News have fired back in support of their ousted adviser, calling a letter by a college spokeswoman defending the school's decision not to

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A letter to the editor in support of Prof. Bosley appeared in Wednesday's Asbury Park Press (1/4/06). It was written by Suzanne D'ambrosio, who was another favorite instructor of mine from my OCC days. Suzanne, who was then the spokesperson for the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Forked River, N.J., taught a course in public relations.OCC adviser taught wellWhen I studied journalism at Ocean

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This is what happens when you take on Bosley AND Macintosh computers...New Jersey college student newspaper adviser ousted for using Apple MacsMacDailyNews Take: Macintoshes dominate newsrooms around the world; appropriately so, since Apple brought desktop publishing to the world with the Mac. To not use a Mac for a student newspaper would be a fine example of not preparing your students for the

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Here are a couple of recent Asbury Park Press stories about Bosley's plight:Paper adviser's ouster stokes free speech - Dec. 21, 2005Written by Arthur Z. Kamin, an independent journalist and journalism educator who once served as editor-in-chief of the Daily Targum at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.Journalists' group takes up cause of ousted adviser of college newspaper - Dec. 19, 2005

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To let the powers that be at Ocean County College know how you feel, please join me in writing letters to the editors of the Asbury Park Press and Ocean County Observer. Use the links to send letters via e-mail to the respective newspapers, or use the addresses below for regular mail:Larry Benjamin/EditorAsbury Park Press3601 Highway 66PO Box 1550Neptune, NJ 07754Helen Fitzsimmons/EditorOcean

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Obviously, the most recent issue of the Viking News includes several news articles and opinions about Prof. Bosley's situation. Here are some links:Adviser, 3 faculty members terminated"What counted was the college published an article of investigative journalism, which did not place the administration in the most positive light," said Elizabeth Mitchell professor of English and literature, at

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According to an Associated Press story that came over the wire today, the Society for Professional Journalists and the Student Press Law Center have joined in the criticism of the decision by Ocean County College president Jon Larson and the board of trustees to remove Prof. Karen Bosley from her long-time post as adviser to OCC's student newspaper. The story also mentions that Bosley has support

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Note: This was first posted on the Tandem with the Random blog on Dec. 13, 2005.The headline does fit this post. However, you'll have to get through this history lesson first before it all makes sense...As most people around here know, I wound up as a student at Rider University in the mid-90s after spending a few years trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life. Just out of high

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