Approximately 10,000 copies of The DailyWildcat, the official newspaper of the University of Arizona, were stolenaround 8:00 a.m.
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Independent student paper files lawsuit against Oregon State University
The Alliance Defense Fund filed a lawsuit Sept. 30against Oregon State University on behalf of the school's unofficialstudent paper, The Liberty, seeking to reverse the school's removalof newspaper distribution bins from campus.
Student journalists fear plan will allow administration to control content
Los Angeles City College (LACC) administrators and the school's student newspaper adviser and staff are at odds over a proposed plan to incorporate the newspaper's budget into the student activities department, a move student journalists fear would give administrators an opening to exercise prior review over the contents of the paper.
JMU behavior code governs off-campus expression
Recent changes to the James Madison University (JMU)behavior code includes language that claims control over student expression,regardless of proximity to campus.
UCA cites FERPA as reason for withholding scholarship information
The University of Central Arkansas is withholdinginformation about the distribution of presidential scholarships, some of whichwere reportedly given as political favors, saying the release of informationwould be a violation of students' Family Educational Rights and PrivacyAct (FERPA) rights.
Court says sexual harassment policy blocks students' First Amendment rights
A federal district court ruled last week that theLos Angeles Community College District (LACCD) sexual harassment policy, whichalso governs campus speech, was overly broad in blocking students' FirstAmendment rights.
Survey: 1 in 5 Americans think the First Amendment guarantees too much freedom
In a recent study, the First Amendment Center (FAC) uncovered data which proponents of freedom of speech may find alarming.
Big Ten media credential policy draws scrutiny
Media organizations have joined together to try topersuade the Big Ten conference to change its media credential requirements,criticizing the policy's language because it may restrict them fromeffectively covering the conference's athletic events, according to aletter sent Thursday to the Big Ten.
Texas' attorney general asked to order release of police reports
An attorney for the student editor at BrookhavenCollege asked Texas' attorney general Wednesday to order the immediate andcomplete release of campus police incident reports that were withheld from thestudent newspaper for several weeks, then belatedly released in incompleteform.