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Author: Moriah Balingit

Former regent sues student paper at U. of Nebraska-Lincoln

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October 30, 2007December 4, 2018 Moriah Balingit

Former university regent Robert Prokop has sued thestudent newspaper of the University of Nebraska -- Lincoln for $700,000,claiming that an editorial libeled him and caused him to lose his bid to rejointhe board in the 2006 election.

Tagged The Daily Nebraskan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln'

Regent student faces discipline for posting satirical picture of Robertson

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October 18, 2007September 5, 2018 Moriah Balingit

Regent University law student Adam M. Key said hehoped to elicit a few laughs when he posted a photo on his Facebook page ofuniversity president and televangelist Pat Robertson appearing to make anobscene gesture in September.

Tagged Regent University, Virginia

Ind. high school student punished for calling administrator an 'ass' on Facebook

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October 12, 2007September 5, 2018 Moriah Balingit

A West Lafayette High School sophomore said she andseveral other students were punished last week after criticizing anadministrator on a Facebook group site.

Tagged Indiana, West Lafayette High School

Jury finds for district in libel case over article in Ind. student paper

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October 10, 2007September 5, 2018 Moriah Balingit

Jurors on Friday found against a former WhitelandCommunity High School student who sued the school district after she claimed theschool's newspaper defamed her, violated her privacy and caused heremotional distress.

Student reporter who discovered university security breach punished but not expelled

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October 5, 2007September 5, 2018 Moriah Balingit

When Western Oregon University student journalist Blair Loving opened up a mysteriously placed file on the university's public server last June, he thought he would find information about the College of Education.

Tagged "western oregon journal", Oregon, Western Oregon University

Former editors' case against Governors State administrators dismissed

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September 28, 2007December 4, 2018 Moriah Balingit

The U.S. District Court in Chicago dismissed a suit Sept. 11 filed by two former student journalists who claimed administrators at Governors State University deliberately impeded their ability to publish the campus newspaper, the Phoenix, and violated their First Amendment rights.

Tagged Governors State University, Illinois, the Phoenix

Cal State-Long Beach considers scrapping paper's print version

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September 26, 2007September 5, 2018 Moriah Balingit

A dean's proposal to scrap the print edition of California State University at Long Beach's campus paper and move it online has stirred controversy among faculty and students and might have led to the removal of the chairman of the journalism department.

Tagged California State University at Long Beach, the Daily 49er

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