Student journalists at Neshaminy High School have vowed not to print the name in their newspaper.

"Redskins."

That word sits at the center of a controversy in suburban Philadelphia. It's pitted student journalists against school board members, but has left the school community largely shrugging its shoulders.

Student editors at Neshaminy High School in Bucks County have vowed not to print the word, which is the school's Native American mascot.

The Neshaminy School Board, however, is expected to vote later this month on a policy that would reverse the ban.

It started with an October editorial in The Playwickian, Neshaminy High School's student newspaper.

This poster advertises Neshaminy's 1971 homecoming game.

In it, the majority of the paper's editors argued that the word "Redskins" smacks of racism and vowed not to print it. (There's a similar, popularly debated issue in the media world: The Pew Research Center reported that in October 2013, at least 76 news outlets and journalists publicly opposed the Washington Redskins' name.*)

Neshaminy junior Reed Hennessy, the paper's sports editor, says continuing to use "Redskins" reflects badly on the school.....Continue Reading

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