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It’s the Law: When law and ethics collide
By Mike Hiestand Law and ethics have a curious relationship. The law tells you what you can do. Ethics, on the other hand, is concerned mainly with what you should do. Fortunately, they usually work hand in hand. Indeed, one of the things I quickly discovered in law school is that you can pretty much guess [...]

Thomas E. Rolnicki: 1949-2009
(Now updated with funeral/memorial information and obituary link: see below.) Thomas E. Rolnicki, former executive director of the National Scholastic Press Association, died Dec. 20. He was 60. Rolnicki was NSPA’s executive director from 1980 until 2006. In his capacity as director, he wrote and edited several publications for NSPA and its college branch, the Associated Collegiate [...]

New for members: ACP Guide to Freelancing
We’re pleased to provide our members with a new publication, the ACP Guide to Freelancing, which was e-mailed to members last week. Its pages are filled with the basics of how to make it as a freelancer from crafting the query to negotiating a rate. This new publication replaces ACP’s Guide to Internships. We discontinued that [...]

ACP/NSPA adds two new board members
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Logan Aimone, executive director, (612) 625-7359 National Scholastic Press Association Board of Directors adds two members MINNEAPOLIS (Sept. 28, 2009) — The Board of Directors of the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) has appointed two new members to its Board of Directors. The two new directors join nine directors. The new members have [...]

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