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Author: A.J. Bauer

Student's microphone cut after preaching Christianity in graduation speech

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June 23, 2006September 5, 2018 A.J. Bauer

A student had her microphone cut off during a speech to her graduating class last week after administrators say she began proselytizing.

Tagged Foothill High School, Nevada

New policy closes what students say is 'open forum' newspaper

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June 23, 2006December 4, 2018 A.J. Bauer

Aschool board in St. Clair Shores has passed a new student publicationspolicy that subjects all studentpublications to prior review and prohibits them from taking ''a politicalstand on any issue.''

Tagged Lake Shore High School, Michigan, The Shoreline

Student suspended for horror story appeals ruling

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June 19, 2006September 5, 2018 A.J. Bauer

Theattorney for Dylan Finkle, who was suspended from his middle school in 2003 forwriting a horror story and reading it aloud in class, has filed a petition forre-hearing after a federal appeals court rejected his appeal.

Tagged New York, Thompson Middle School

Students face prior restraint after controversial 'sex issue'

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June 19, 2006December 4, 2018 A.J. Bauer

High school students in Whittier say their principal is not allowingthem to publish the June issue of their student newspaper as punishment for their May issue, whichfocused on sex.

Tagged California, La Serna High School, The Freelancer

Administrators seek dismissal of First Amendment lawsuit

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June 14, 2006December 4, 2018 A.J. Bauer

School administrators are asking a federal district court to dismiss a FirstAmendment lawsuit stemming from the suspension of eight members of theClatskanie High School basketball team in 2001.

Tagged Clatskanie High School, Oregon

Two college newspapers challenge state regulation prohibiting alcohol ads

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June 9, 2006December 4, 2018 A.J. Bauer

Two college student newspapers are challenging the constitutionality of aVirginia state regulation that prohibits college student publications from publishingalcohol ads.

Tagged Collegiate Times, The Cavalier Daily, University of Virginia, Virginia, Virginia Tech

High school principal closes open-forum publication over sex survey

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June 7, 2006December 4, 2018 A.J. Bauer

A sexsurvey published in the student newspaper at Midlothian High School has led theprincipal of that school to challenge the paper's claim to open-forumstatus.

Tagged Midlothian High School, Trojan Times, Virginia

Photo of gang member leads principal to confiscate student newspaper

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June 2, 2006September 5, 2018 A.J. Bauer

High school students in Little Rock are weighing their legal options after theirprincipal pulled an issue of the student newspaper over a feature concerningdrugs and gang activity.

Tagged Arkansas, The Galaxy, Wilber D. Mills University Studies High School

Student's Columbine reference leads to expulsion hearing

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June 1, 2006September 5, 2018 A.J. Bauer

A17-year-old student at Plainfield South High School who referenced Columbine ina Xanga Web log entry faced an expulsionhearing last week, according to his lawyer.

Tagged Illinois, Plainfield South High School

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