Offensive or just free speech? For decades, high school students have challenged the boundaries of free speech in school, often by wearing material that adults find inappropriate. Here, a student reporter investigates whether anyone's rights were really violated by the banning of controversial T-shirts.

Last Friday morning as students entered school, a group of seniors were pulled aside, all with one thing noticeably in common: their shirts.

These bright green T-shirts, with the words ".08" on the front and "Legally gone" on the back, have been the topic of conversation amongst the senior class in the past week.

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