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Stop, Thief!: The trials of conservative publications on campus.

National Review

| October 14, 2002 | SECKORA, MELISSA | COPYRIGHT 2002 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

One day last October, the staff of The Primary Source, a conservative magazine at Tufts University, painted the cannon on campus. They did so with the slogans "God Bless America" and "Liberty and Justice for All," in honor of the victims of September 11. Painting the cannon is a tradition at Tufts. Typically, a group paints the cannon, then keeps at least one member nearby, to ensure that the cannon "stays painted" for at least 24 hours.

On this night, Sam Dangremond, the magazine's editor, was standing by - - and three members of a student group calling itself the Coalition fofor Social Justice and Nonviolence sprang him. Two of the hooded assailants wrestled ...

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