Florida journo students get ad lesson

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Journalism students at the University of Florida are getting an early lesson about the consequences of publishing something that offends government officials—and puts ad revenue in jeopardy. This week, the president of the student government at the university issued an executive order halting all the governing body’s advertising in the campus paper, The Alligator. The student senate supported the president with a resolution censuring the “irresponsible attitude” of the paper. Now, members of the student government are urging local businesses to pull their advertising.

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