Students at Orange High School in Orange County, California are in for a
shock. The school's principal has banned hundreds of copies of the school
magazine which had a cover adorned with a large tattoo in Old English Script
on a man's back. The principal denounced the magazine and said he was
banning it because the tattoo was gang-related and article inside was
inappropriate.
The OC Register reported on the story, "Students in an advanced journalism
class put together Pulp magazine as an end-of-the-year project. The cover
story reported that a number of seniors had gotten tattoos and explored the
symbolism behind some of the inked images, editor-in-chief Lynn Lai said. It
was titled, "Tattoo Mania. The front cover illustrated the story with a
computer-enhanced image of a man's back tattooed with Old English letters
and a picture of the school's mascot, a panther."
The principal's magazine ban has caused uproar among students, who are no
protesting that their rights have been violated. This comes on the wake of
many recent controversies surrounding teenagers and tattoos at schools.
