The wrong Vibe for Randolph High: RHS may pull 'Vibe'
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By AMANDA LUTEY, Staff Reporter
RANDOLPH - A magazine may be pulled from the Randolph High School library
for its "sexual content, explicit language and gang symbols."
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Frinak said she objected to removing the magazine in the interest of
intellectual freedom.
"I recognize that it doesn't look like a lot of people who live here,"
Frinak said of the magazine's content. "It is voluntary. it isn't
instructional. I don't think high school students are too young. All
students should have access to all points of view."
Frinak [reading specialist] said that removing the magazine would open up a
real big can of worms.
"I'm worried what's next," Frinak said.
School board member Jana Roberts, attending the review as a concerned
parent, asked if the magazine was "worse" than the swimsuit issue of
"Sports Illustrated," which is kept behind the counter. Roberts also said
that "Vibe" is not allowed in the prison system.
"This isn't a prison," said Anderson.
Anderson said she does not want to be a censor and keeps the swimsuit
edition of "Sports Illustrated" behind the desk for a reason. "If I don't
leave it behind the desk, it gets stolen," Anderson said.
Anderson said that a student came in and asked for more music magazines, and
that she did research and chose "Vibe," which was on the American Library
Association's list of recommended titles for high school libraries.
"Where is it going to end?" Anderson said. "What if someone comes in and
says 'I don't want that Bible on the shelves?'"
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To learn more about "Vibe" magazine, visit: www.vibe.com.
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Mark Perkins MLIS, MCLIP
www.markperkins.info
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