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Door-to-door distribution ban equals censorship, student editor says

© 2006 Student Press Law Center

February 9, 2006

CALIFORNIA — Editors at a conservative student newspaper at Stanford University are fighting a ban on distributing publications door to door on campus, saying the policy is an act of censorship.

On Jan. 21, staff members of The Stanford Review purposefully violated the policy and distributed their paper door to door, said Editor in Chief Ryan Tracey. Three days later, the paper’s staff was informed that a formal complaint had been filed against them and that they are being investigated for breaking the policy.

Tracey said that for a publication like The Review, being able to distribute door to door is essential.

“We’re a publication that, at times, goes on a weekly or bi-weekly time basis. It’s hard for students to know when a new issue is out,â€