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Arizona Daily Wildcat: Have a Coke and a suspensio
At Greenbrier High School in Evans, Georgia, if you wear a Pepsi t-shirt you could get suspended.
Augusta Chronicle: Calls Coke Day penalty breach o
Editorial by Robert Stolworthy of Evans criticizing Mike Cameron's suspension as a breach of his First Amendment rights.
Augusta Chronicle: Pepsi shirt incident gains worl
The Pepsi-shirt-on-Coke-Day incident at Greenbrier High School has gone international.
Coke Lovin' Administrators
"In a coutry founded and thriving on both the similarities AND differences between people, it is a tragedy to see how many educators go out of their way to produce (their concept of) the perfect cookie-cutter citizen." Editorial by Tyler. [Oblivion]
F2B: Reading, Writing & $elling Out
Fade to Black offers Greenbrier High School another sponsorship payoff: $250 to spell out "www.fadetoblack.com" with at least 100 students.
Fade to Black: Q&A with Mike Cameron
Interview with Mike Cameron, who was suspended from Greenbrier High School in Evans, Georgia for wearing a Pepsi T-shirt at a photo shoot lining students up to spell out the word "Coke" during the school's "Coke in Education Day".
Principal Magazine: Looking for Funds in All the W
"One of the most disturbing trends is schools attempting to raise money by engaging in activities that undermine their curricular message and, in some instances, promote unhealthy student lifestyles." By Alex Molnar.
PTAs and Commercialism in Schools
Speech given by Charlotte Baecher of Consumers Union in February 1999 to approximately 150 PTA representatives in New York State.
Rock Out Censorship: Student Suspended for Wearing
Todd Weise speaks out against the suspension.
San Francisco Examiner: Student suspended for defy
A high school senior is serving a one-day suspension Wednesday for wearing a Pepsi shirt on Coke Day, an event school officials crafted in an attempt to win a $500 contest run by the Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
Sponsored Schools and Commercialized Classrooms
Report on schoolhouse commercializing trends in the 1990s. Introduction analyzes Greenbrier High School's "Coke in Education Day" and includes a lengthy press review.
Suck: Clothes Minded
Editorial about student dress and school uniforms, beginning with Mike Cameron's suspension.
Transparency: Mike Cameron and Coke: The Human Pix
Mike Cameron's pseudo-event. Was it the real thing?