Unofficial student paper not welcome
(05/01/97 12:00am)
Alternative student newspapers are not welcome at the College of the Ozarks, and Pat Nolan found out the hard way.
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Alternative student newspapers are not welcome at the College of the Ozarks, and Pat Nolan found out the hard way.
As single-sex organizations such as fraternities and sororities become increasingly unpopular on politically correct campuses, some universities have been taking measures to restrict students' rights to free association by suspending students and withholding federal grants and loans.
In recent years, the Student Press Law Center has heard from hundreds of student publications that have had problems with newspaper theft.
A bill that would explicitly criminalize the taking of free-distribution newspapers is progressing in the state legislature here.
The U.S. Supreme Court jumped into the middle of the debate over censorship in cyberspace this spring.
Internet speech is under attack not only by federal lawmakers but state lawmakers as well. Both Georgia and New York last year enacted state laws censoring certain types of speech on the Internet and other states are considering legislation.
A professor at the University of Oklahoma who sued the school for blocking access to sex-related discussion groups on the Internet lost the first round in his legal battle in federal court.
A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of charges against a former University of Michigan student who had sent "erotic fiction" over the Internet about a fellow student.
A 15-year old student at Athol-Royalston Regional High School, who maintained a private home page satirizing several of his peers and some teachers, was ordered by school officials to remove the material from his page in March.
A judge has dismissed a libel lawsuit brought by a Virginia Tech administrator against the student newspaper, holding that a story identifying the administrator as the "Director of Butt Licking" was not defamatory.
A judge recently dismissed a libel lawsuit filed by an attorney against The Temple News.
A student has sued the editor in chief of the student newspaper at Southwest Missouri State University after the paper mistakenly published a photograph of him, pulled from the university's media guide, with an article about another student accused of sexual assault.
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission may have acted illegally when it confiscated the film of a student photographer who was taking pictures for the University of Dallas student newspaper at a Groundhog Day party.
The Student Press Law Center reported in August that the number of high school student journalists seeking legal assistance hit another all-time high last year.
In a surprise move, Gov. Jim Edgar (R) vetoed an amendment to the state's School Code Aug. 10 that would have guaranteed greater rights for high school student journalists in the state.
The Supreme Court's 1988 Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier decision gave greater power to administrators over content in student media, but state legislators continue fighting to restore free speech protections through legislation.
Lawsuits abound at West Essex High School, and the next party filing suit may be the editors of the student newspaper.
What student editors thought was a clever headline snowballed into a censorship conflict that threatens the future of the student newspaper at Governor Thomas Johnson High School in Frederick.
The state Superintendent of Public Instruction has ended the investigation into Val Schroeder of Stanwood High School.
Student editors at Snohomish High School have found that dealing with the school board is like dealing with a brick wall: neither listens.