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Augusta Chronicle: Pepsi shirt incident gains world notice
The Pepsi-shirt-on-Coke-Day incident at Greenbrier High School has gone international.
http://www.augustachronicle.com/stories/03...
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".
http://www.fadetoblack.com/interviews/mike...
San Francisco Examiner: Student suspended for defying Coke Day
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.
http://www.well.com/~bernie/coke.html
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.
http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/CERU/Annual%2...
Transparency: Mike Cameron and Coke: The Human Pixel Who Wouldn't
Mike Cameron's pseudo-event. Was it the real thing?
http://www.transparencynow.com/cameron.htm
Rock Out Censorship: Student Suspended for Wearing a Pepsi T-Shirt
Todd Weise speaks out against the suspension.
http://www.theroc.org/updates/pepsi.htm
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.
http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/CERU/Communit...
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]
http://www.oblivion.net/oblivion/7/98spr11...
Suck: Clothes Minded
Editorial about student dress and school uniforms, beginning with Mike Cameron's suspension.
http://www.suck.com/daily/98/03/31/daily.h...
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.
http://www.fadetoblack.com/sellingout/
Principal Magazine: Looking for Funds in All the Wrong Places
"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.
http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/CERU/Document...
Augusta Chronicle: Calls Coke Day penalty breach of rights
Editorial by Robert Stolworthy of Evans criticizing Mike Cameron's suspension as a breach of his First Amendment rights.
http://www.augustachronicle.com/stories/04...
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