"Getting tough on China" has become bumper-sticker material this campaign season, tapping into voter anxiety that America's trade imbalance with Asia equates to a loss of economic power.
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October 2012 podcast: Oregon student journalists’ legal case moves forward
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Heather Hacker, an attorney for Alliance Defending Freedom who represents the OSU Student Alliance, talks about a recent court decision that will allow the student newspaper's censorship case to go to trial.
Illinois high school suspends 10 for tweets
Ten students were suspended this week from an Illinois high school for comments they made on Twitter, and the principal says more suspensions could follow for students protesting the school’s decision.
Superdome contractor agrees to release attendance figures to Tulane editor
The editor of Tulane’s student newspaper has finally received the football attendance records he’s been asking for since May, thanks to a settlement with the private company that holds the records.
UNC will release records to media group as part of settlement in FERPA case
A two-year battle for documents detailing an investigation in NCAA violations is over, with public records being released to The Daily Tar Heel and other media organizations today and in the coming days.
School tells students to remember FERPA when speaking to the media, and also says Bangladeshi university is bound by FERPA
School tells students to remember FERPA when speaking to the media, and also says Bangladeshi university is bound by FERPAA former Southeast Missouri State University international student was arrested last week, charged with attempting to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank in New York with a car bomb. The university has released some information about… Continue reading School tells students to remember FERPA when speaking to the media, and also says Bangladeshi university is bound by FERPA
School says names of student senate members are protected by FERPA
School says names of student senate members are protected by FERPA Source: C.J. Ciaramella, University of Oregon alumnus who is a reporter for the Washington Free Beacon, via Twitter. Former SPLC Executive Director Frank LoMonte: Hang on a second, I’m on the phone with the FERPA Police. “Hello, FERPA Police? Yeah, I’d like to report a violation.… Continue reading School says names of student senate members are protected by FERPA
A tale of two cheerleading cases: Why student free-speech legislation may, belatedly, have a prayer
Advocates for the freedom of religious speech are celebrating a federal district judge’s decision giving a group of East Texas high school cheerleaders the right to continue displaying Bible verses on the football field.They shouldn’t.
Independent student publication's lawsuit against Oregon State officials can proceed, court rules
A student organization is entitled to a trial to determine if Oregon State University officials violated their rights by removing their newspaper boxes from campus.
TRANSPARENCY TUESDAY: Don’t just get mad about colleges’ response to mental-health issues — get informed
A former Amherst College student's nightmarish story of the aftermath of her rape in a campus dorm -- a story so profoundly unsettling that readers are being cautioned to steel themselves before viewing it -- is igniting a wave of indignation over the callous treatment of crime victims when they are most in need of support."Callous" is wholly inadequate to describe author Angie Epifano's ordeal with a system that appears, based on her experience, calculated to create a liability-reducing paper trail instead of to offer sensitive and individually appropriate care to those traumatized by campus violence.Angie's story, published Oct.