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Article: SLU bars longtime adviser from newspaper.(Avis Meyer of Saint Louis University)
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- St. Louis Journalism Review
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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Google the name Avis Meyer at Saint Louis University and you'll find him described as "one of the most honored teaching faculty on campus."
There's a long list of his teaching awards; an alumni survey called him "one of the 10 most memorable, influential and effective teachers at SLU."
His bio has him teaching journalism, writing, editing and film courses ... and serving as faculty adviser since 1974 for the University News student newspaper.
But his role as the official newspaper adviser was ended a few years ago by the Rev. Lawrence Biondi, SLU's president. And now, Meyer has been barred from the newsroom ...