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OHIO ? A group of students at Wooster High School were determined to report on how school officials were punishing students for drinking.They were denied that right although a district policy protects student press freedom.The Wooster Blade story described how the school board overruled administrators and withdrew the punishment of six students who were caught drinking alcohol at a house party attended by 50 to 100 of their classmates, said Op/Ed Editor Vasanth Ananth.Following an investigation into the Nov.

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UTAH ? A former high school student who eluded criminal libel last month for comments he made on his Web site now is facing a defamation charge.

CALIFORNIA -- Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates has been charged with a criminal infraction for stealing 1,000 copies of the University of California at Berkeley’s student newspaper before the November elections, district attorney officials say.

Bates admitted earlier this month to being involved in stealing and trashing copies of the Nov.

CALIFORNIA ? San Diego State University?s academic senate affirmed its support of the student-run campus newspaper when it passed a resolution supporting "free but responsible expression." The resolution was handed down after a major financial donor to the university had been upset by a column in the newspaper.The Daily Aztec printed an Oct.

CONNECTICUT ? A student talk show on the University of Connecticut?s closed-circuit television station was pulled off the air in November after management said it did not comply with undisclosed regulations.?I Did Your Mother,? a late-night, call-in program, was the only show on UCTV made to abide by the new regulations, said the show?s creator, Joseph Kingsley.

NEW JERSEY ? Administrators at Cumberland County College denied the student newspaper?s right to publish a photo of a campus banner that contained a vulgar word.College officials removed a Sept.

INDIANA ? A conservative magazine at Wabash College lost its funding and its standing as a recognized student organization after the student senate said its content was "ungentlemanly." Now, the senate has agreed to re-instate the magazine's funding, which was sought by student editors and First Amendment advocates.The Wabash Commentary was still placed on probation during the Dec.

Student journalists at two universities resigned their editor positions this fall because they said administrators bullied them and their staffs by criticizing content and, in one case, threatening budget cuts.Nick Will, editor in chief of Harvard University business school?s newspaper, The Harbus, resigned his post in November after administrators threatened to hold him personally accountable for future content that they found offensive.

CALIFORNIA ? A month after 1,000 copies of the University of California at Berkeley?s student newspaper were stolen, university police investigators have recommended the city mayor be charged with petty theft.Berkeley mayor Tom Bates admitted Thursday to being involved in stealing and trashing copies of the Nov.