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Newspaper
The Lantern
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1987
Page
2
Lantern editor notes a library dress code change at Lee College banning shorts for student assistants while permitting jeans. The piece criticizes the policy, questions its impact on work, pay, and student rights, and calls for practical solutions and consistency in campus attire rules.
The Lantern serves as an open forum and public service for student expression and information about college and community activities. It aims for fairness accuracy and thoroughness with editorials letters to the editor and guest articles, guided by a faculty adviser toward journalistic excellence while noting that published pieces do not necessarily reflect the college board or administration.
The president extols Lee College as a nearby affordable path to knowledge. He argues true education requires active student engagement, personal growth, and cultural literacy, citing Hirsch and Thoreau to illustrate lifelong learning beyond grades.
A year of upheaval gives way to quieter campus life at Lee College as budget battles fade, parking chaos ends with promises of a new lot by Jan. 2, 1988, and a newly active Student Congress vows to represent peers while the old guard retreats from controversy.
A poet recounts experiences as a young writer sharing a mini drama titled Where Are You Going to illustrate how drugs threaten youths. The piece on August 29, 1987 recalls saving a friend, urging self care, awareness, and responsibility to prevent pain and sorrow from drug use.
A reader criticizes extensive media attention to the pope during his pastoral visit to America. He argues many faith communities do not share the media’s sensational framing and calls for respect without overblown coverage. The letter urges balance and restraint from news outlets like ABC’s Peter Jennings.
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