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$elling Out - Fade to Black offers Greenbrier High School another sponsorship payoff: $250 to spell out www.fadetoblack.com with at least 100 students.

A with Mike Cameron - Interview with Mike Cameron, who was suspended from Greenbrier High School in Evans, Georgia for wearing a Pepsi T-shirt at a photo shoot lining students up to spell out the word Coke during the school's Coke in Education Day

404 Arizona Daily Wildcat: Have a Coke and a suspension - At Greenbrier High School in Evans, Georgia, if you wear a Pepsi t-shirt you could get suspended.

Augusta Chronicle: Calls Coke Day penalty breach of rights - Editorial by Robert Stolworthy of Evans criticizing Mike Cameron's suspension as a breach of his First Amendment rights.
Meta Description: [ I am amazed at Greenbrier High School's decision to suspend Mike Cameron for wearing a Pepsi shirt to school on Coke Day.This is an obvious breach of his First Amendment right to express his opinion through symbolic speech.
Robert Stolworthy, Evans
metro@ugusta -- Augusta, Georgi... ]

Augusta Chronicle: Pepsi shirt incident gains world notice - The Pepsi-shirt-on-Coke-Day incident at Greenbrier High School has gone international.

Coke Lovin' Administrators - In a coutry founded and thriving on both the similarities AND differences between people, it is a tragedy to see how many educators go out of their way to produce (their concept of) the perfect cookie-cutter citizen. Editorial by Tyler. [Oblivion]

Principal Magazine: Looking for Funds in All the Wrong Places - One of the most disturbing trends is schools attempting to raise money by engaging in activities that undermine their curricular message and, in some instances, promote unhealthy student lifestyles. By Alex Molnar.
Meta Description: [ Looking for Funds in All the Wrong Places ]

PTAs and Commercialism in Schools - Speech given by Charlotte Baecher of Consumers Union in February 1999 to approximately 150 PTA representatives in New York State.
Meta Description: [ PTAs and Commercialism in Schools ]

Rock Out Censorship: Student Suspended for Wearing a Pepsi T-Shirt - Todd Weise speaks out against the suspension.
Meta Description: [ STUDENT SUSPENDED FOR WEARING A PEPSI T-SHIRT! ]

San Francisco Examiner: Student suspended for defying Coke Day - A high school senior is serving a one-day suspension Wednesday for wearing a Pepsi shirt on Coke Day, an event school officials crafted in an attempt to win a $500 contest run by the Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

Sponsored Schools and Commercialized Classrooms - Report on schoolhouse commercializing trends in the 1990s. Introduction analyzes Greenbrier High School's Coke in Education Day and includes a lengthy press review.
Meta Description: [ Sponsored Schools And Commercialized Classrooms ]

Suck: Clothes Minded - Editorial about student dress and school uniforms, beginning with Mike Cameron's suspension.

Transparency: Mike Cameron and Coke: The Human Pixel Who Wouldn't - Mike Cameron's pseudo-event. Was it the real thing?
Meta Description: [ Mike Cameron's pseudo-event. Was it the real thing? ]