New federal guidance about what constitutes sexually harassing speech on college campuses appear to expand the definition of “harassment” to include harmless references to sexual topics, even those in student media. Two federal agencies, the Department of Justice and the Department of Education, announced a settlement last week in their investigation of the University of [...]
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Federal “harassment” agreement with University of Montana exposes journalists to risk of discipline for writing about sex
Posted: 14th May 2013 by Frank LoMonte in College Censorship, First AmendmentTags: college campus, First Amendment, hostile environment, Jennings v. University of North Carolina, Justice Department, sexual harassment, Title IX, U.S. Department of Education, University of Montana
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Nation’s leading journalism educators say there’s nothing “legitimate” or “educational” in Hazelwood censorship
Posted: 3rd April 2013 by Frank LoMonte in College Censorship, First Amendment, High School CensorshipTags: AEJMC, censorship, First Amendment, Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
Twenty-five years after the U.S. Supreme Court told public schools they could lawfully censor students for any reason “reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns,” the nation’s leading journalism educators are calling for an end to the misuse of that legal authority to stifle discussion of controversial topics. In a resolution unanimously approved by its board, the Association [...]
Censorship, eh? Two student newspapers in Canada face threats
Posted: 28th January 2013 by Christina Downs in College Censorship, Independent Student Media CensorshipTags: access to information, Canada, McGill University, student press freedom, University of Western Ontario
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Two Canadian student newspapers are fighting back after threats of censorship this month. At one, a student government group wants to kick the newspaper out of its offices, and at another, campus administrators seek a ruling that would allow them to ignore the students’ current and future requests for public records. The editor of The [...]
Appeals court finalizes legal victory for conservative newspaper at Oregon State
Posted: 27th January 2013 by Frank LoMonte in CIrculation and Distribution, College CensorshipTags: circulation, conservative newspaper, distribution, First Amendment, Oregon State University, OSU Students Alliance, The Liberty
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A federal appeals court has declined a request from Oregon State University administrators to reconsider an October 2012 ruling that kept alive a First Amendment challenge brought by publishers of a conservative newspaper whose distribution racks were seized. In a brief order issued Friday, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals declared that neither the three-judge [...]
Newly hired Famuan editor wants to repair relationship between paper and students
Posted: 24th January 2013 by Sara Gregory in Censorship, College CensorshipTags: college journalism, FAMU, FAMUAN, Florida
The newly hired editor of The Famuan at Florida A&M University said Thursday afternoon that she hopes to improve the relationship between students and the newspaper during her term, which will kick off officially next week when the paper begins printing after a two-week suspension by the school’s journalism dean. The school hasn’t made a [...]
FAMU journalism division director speaks out about Famuan situation
Posted: 24th January 2013 by Sara Gregory in Censorship, College CensorshipTags: FAMU, FAMUAN, Florida
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As I mentioned in my Wednesday story, journalism administrators have been pretty tight-lipped since news broke that the school’s dean had suspended publishing of The Famuan while requiring editors to reapply for their positions and attend training sessions. This morning, I heard back from Valerie White, the director of the school’s journalism division. White was responsible [...]
Student media speak up in defense of exiled Famuan staff
Posted: 17th January 2013 by Sara Gregory in Censorship, College Censorship, UncategorizedTags: college newspaper, FAMUAN, Florida A&M, libel
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In the week and a half since the staff of The Famuan at Florida A&M University learned they could not publish the paper as planned without taking part in additional training and reapplying for their position, student journalists at newspapers across the country have spoken up in defense of the Famuan staff in several strongly [...]
Former Famuan editors start “underground” online publication, Ink and Fangs
Posted: 14th January 2013 by Sara Gregory in Censorship, College Censorship, First AmendmentTags: college newspaper, FAMUAN, Florida A&M, libel
This weekend, former editors of The Famuan at Florida A&M University launched an underground website, inkandfangs.com, to distribute news during a suspension of the paper’s publishing by the journalism school’s dean. Karl Etters, who had been serving as editor-in-chief of The Famuan before being told last week that he would have to reapply for his job, said the staff of [...]
Speaking up for a generation of lost voices: Why Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier is a sickness that needs curing
Posted: 13th January 2013 by Frank LoMonte in Censorship, College Censorship, First Amendment, High School CensorshipTags: First Amendment, Hazelwood, Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, Kuhlmeier, school censorship, student journalism
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As recently as 46 years ago, states could make it a crime for a white woman to marry a black man; now, we have the son of an interracial couple in the White House. As recently as 10 years ago, states could make it a crime for two men to have sexual relations; now, nine [...]
Supreme Court justices’ papers give some hints about how Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier came to be
Posted: 9th January 2013 by Frank LoMonte in Censorship, College Censorship, First Amendment, High School CensorshipTags: Byron White, Education Week, First Amendment, Hazelwood, Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, Supreme Court, William Brennan
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Education Week‘s Mark Walsh, a veteran Supreme Court reporter who deeply understands education law, is just out with a fascinating look behind the scenes at how the high court arrived at the First Amendment legal standard that governs much of the speech taking place in schools (and, increasingly, in colleges). The entire piece is well [...]