Pubdate: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 Source: Chico Enterprise-Record (CA) Copyright: 2005 The Media News Group Contact: http://www.chicoer.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/861 Author: Evanne O'Donnell Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n269/a01.html STUDENT PROTEST COURAGEOUS Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! for Meghann Trott! It is inspiring to hear of a high school student who took the road less traveled and stood up for her civil rights by refusing to have her backpack randomly sniffed and searched at Pleasant Valley High School. Instead of school officials bemoaning the fact that Trott "defied authority," she should be rewarded for understanding her constitutional rights and demanding that her right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure be respected. It is the Meghanns of the U.S.A. that are doing us all a huge service by reminding us what it means to live in a free society and sadly, how far we have fallen from our true American ideals. Thank you, Meghann. Evanne O'Donnell Chico - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin