[3] Omaha Benson High School is also one of the Omaha area schools that participates in the yearly Day of Silence event.

In April 2007, the student newspaper published a four-page special feature entitled "The N-Word" examining the use of the racial epithet "nigger" within the school community.

It included factual reporting, editorial content, and a transcript of a round-table discussion on the topic in one of the school's ethics classes.

Many students and parents, and the school's principal, were supportive of the newspaper's coverage, but the school district received many phone calls expressing concern or offense at the content.

The school district, Omaha Public Schools, put the principal on temporary administrative leave and denounced the publication.