Yearbook photo causes impromptu editing

PHILLIPSBURG, N.J., June 13 (UPI) -- Officials at a New Jersey high school have begun editing this year's yearbook by removing a page in which a female student's underwear is partially visible.

The Asbury (N.J.) Express-Times reports that the school's decision to remove the page from the Phillipsburg High School yearbook has been met with criticism from its student body.

"First of all, people paid for these. They belong to the students," Katie Rockware, a Phillipsburg senior, said. "They are expensive. It's like them saying 'Excuse me, can I just destroy your personal property.' I thought it was so ridiculous. It was such a little thing."

The picture at the heart of the matter is of a female student sitting in a position where a small portion of her underwear can be seen under her skirt, the Express-Times reports.

"All pages are edited. Everything is looked over with a fine-tooth comb," said Emily Deemer, a senior and a member of the yearbook staff. "It was overlooked because it is not that bad of a picture."

Both the school's principal and yearbook adviser had no comment regarding the yearbook editing, the newspaper reports.