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It's a brou-ha-ha in a mass-produced glossy, leather (or vinyl) bound book: Hunter College High School faculty halted production of their "Annals" yearbook, leading some students to threaten a First Amendment lawsuit against the school. The NY Sun has the inside track on why the yearbook was pulled: Because of its "100 jokes that typically run alongside photos of the students clubs."
In past years, some of those jokes teetered on offensive. Yearbook staff said they took special pains to be sensitive this year.Even though it's unclear whether a lawsuit will be filed, Hunter College High School agreed to restart yearbook production. Kids, all Gothamist can say is "good luck" and "put that yearbook online" - along with the nixed jokes.School officials had asked the printer to pull a list of about 100 jokes that typically run alongside photos of the students clubs. In past years, some of those jokes teetered on offensive. Yearbook staff said they took special pains to be sensitive this year.
The staff had already agreed to axe a few jokes, such as one for the eighth grade math club: "Did you hear about the constipated mathematician? He worked it out with a pencil."
Last week, the adult yearbook supervisors stepped in and asked that even the jokes they had already approved - such as: "Origami Club: I fold" - be pulled.
And speaking of yearbooks, we got the limited edition Freaks & Geeks DVD set, which is packaged in a green yearbook and makes us confused: "Why do we have a William McKinley yearbook?" But you don't need the limited edition set to enjoy Freaks & Geeks - Netflix it now!
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"Did you hear about the constipated mathematician? He worked it out with a pencil."
hehe
Offensive? Those jokes are pretty harmless. They aren’t even making fun of any individual students, let alone teachers.
Keep the jokes. Dont be a bunch of pussies
That's not a picture of HCHS, its a picture of Hunter College.
I graduated HCHS in 2000, and although I can't say off the top of my head, I bet it was a little offensive - but, who cares?
Why are we shocked that it is filled with high school humor?
Hey, second to last paragraph: "There's no copyright infringement, no libel, no privacy invasion - it's high school humor. It is what it is. And that is not a sufficient justification for censorship," the executive director of the Student Press Law Center, Adam Goldstein, said. The Virginia-based organization consults with student publications across the country, including the "Annals."
Yep.
That's not a picture of Hunter College High School. The current school sits between 94th & 95th on Park Ave. It's modeled after the armory at the other end of the block (on Madison). This unique design has earned it the nickname "The Brick Prison."
Is the picture you have of the original building or of one down near 68th street?
This isn't the first time the yearbook has been in trouble - in 92-93 the back cover ran an unapproved cartoon which was physically cut from each book before distribution.
HCHS administration pulled something like this in 1993. IIRC, it was because of the words "cock diesel" appearing on the back cover (a parody of the Charles Atlas sand-kicking ad starring Flex Mentallo). So, they ended up distributing the yearbooks with the back portion of the cover peeled off. How lame. But, an enterprising student obtained those discarded back covers and sold them, so most students were able to attach them back to their yearbooks with some kind of sticky plastic thingie.
I have the limited edition F&G yearbook, too. I keep it on the same shelf as my other yearbooks.
"He worked it out with a pencil"
Oh, ha ha, that was so funny I forgot to laugh (snort).
Hey, Beavis, can you believe the stuff people get upset about?
Actually, that is a picture of Hunter High School. Its a picture of the front entrance on 94th Street, closer to Park Avenue.
They updated the picture.
Ah the annual struggle of yearbook censorship. It warms my heart and makes me yearn for the days of yore...
I don't know why the media keeps hyping Hunter College HS as an "elite" school. I attended night courses in there while a student at Hunter College because they had run out of classrooms at Hunter College's main campus on 68th street and I have to say: The high school's bathroom walls --on every floor --are full of graffiti. Worse, most phrases were grammatically incorrect and simple words were often misspelled...
ABC, i was hchs83, hchs rox so I think your mistaken. Y You beefing on us?
The "elite" label's reinforced by the media--the Wall Street Journal's ranking of Hunter as the top public feeder school in the country for Ivy League colleges, for instance.
right, because quality of education and bathroom cleanliness have gone hand in hand since the dawn of time. I mean, of course hunter is inferior to stuyvesant (03!) but saying it's not a good school because you've got a problem with writing on walls is pretty wack.
when i was at hunter (class of '97, the back page was cut off of all the yearbooks during my sophomore (?) year - there was a cartoon that makes these jokes look like the most innocent things around. involving a teacher and some young female students if i remember correctly...this seems way over the top.
and say what you want about our bathrooms, but 1/3 of my class went to an ivy...must be up there with the prep schools for sure.
dahlia, you were in 8th grade when that happened.
Is there a more self-congratulatory group of people in the world than graduates of Stuyvesant, Hunter College HS, etc.?
1. HCHS goes from 7th to 12th so Dahlia was there.
2. Bathrooms ALWAYS had the scribbling. A lot of it was like the yearbook jokes.
3. That picture is of the 94th street side, going from Park to Madison (schoolyard is in back.)
4. Please with the Stuyvestant. They used to ask us not to take the test so we wouldn't screw up your curve.
5. Samantha has a point.
Well, HCHS and Stuy kids are really self-aggrandizing, but in my opinion the elite boarding schools take the cake. I'd rather deal with arrogance and intellectual elitism than arrogance and class-based elitism. But that's just me, HCHS 1993.
so stupid. the administration at my high school did the same thing this year with our senior polls...apparently they found categories like "biggest feet" and "best excuses for everything" offensive?
I called Dr. John Mucciolo
Director, Hunter College Campus Schools
Principal, Hunter College High School
Phone Number: 212-860-1406
Room: 245
and told him I'd be withdrawing my donation to the school this year.
yes! fight the man.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/HunterAnnalsPetition/
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