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Author: Jenny Redden

Eastern Michigan U. violated Clery Act, Department of Education says

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July 6, 2007September 5, 2018 Jenny Redden

MICHIGAN -- Administrators at Eastern Michigan University failed to meet federal safety standards after the body of 22-year-old Laura Dickinson was discovered in December 2006, the U.S. Department of Education found this week.

Tagged Eastern Michigan University

George Mason University student government changing open-meetings policy

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July 2, 2007September 5, 2018 Jenny Redden

VIRGINIA --The George Mason University student government is changing the way it does business after editors at the student newspaper informed the body it was breaking state open-meetings laws.

Tagged George Mason University, The Broadside

Student appeals libel case stemming from campus crime alert

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June 27, 2007September 5, 2018 Jenny Redden

RHODE ISLAND -- A former Johnson & Wales University student who sued the school for libel after it released a crime alert falsely identifying him as an attacker is appealing a district court's summary judgment in favor of the university.

Tagged Johnson & Wales University, Rhode Island

Free-speech advocates see silver lining to Supreme Court decision

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June 27, 2007December 4, 2018 Jenny Redden

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Many of the nation's free-speech advocates are focusing on what they call the silver lining to Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Morse v. Frederick.

Tagged D.C., DC, Juneau-Douglas High School, Washington

Department of Education reviewing Eastern Michigan U. campus crime procedures

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June 26, 2007September 5, 2018 Jenny Redden

MICHIGAN -- The U.S. Department of Education is reviewing Eastern Michigan University after school administrators failed to alert the campus community that a woman had been murdered in her dormitory room.

Tagged Eastern Michigan University, Michigan

Framingham State students pay for stolen newspapers

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June 20, 2007September 5, 2018 Jenny Redden

MASSACHUSETTS -- Framingham State College students who admitted to stealing between 800 and 1,000 copies of the student newspaper, The Gatepost, are reimbursing the paper, said Mari Megias, a university spokeswoman.

Tagged Framingham State College, Massachusetts, The Gatepost

Georgia police department appealing open-records case to state supreme court

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June 14, 2007September 5, 2018 Jenny Redden

GEORGIA -- The Athens-Clarke County Police Department is asking the state supreme court to overturn a court of appeals decision that opened records of a 15-year-old murder investigation.

Tagged The Athens Banner-Herald, University of Georgia

Media proposal on hold at U. of Utah as officials review plan to create oversight board

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June 14, 2007September 5, 2018 Jenny Redden

UTAH -- A media proposal to save the student-run radio station at the University of Utah has been put on hold after local newspapers reported that university officials were pressuring editors at the student newspaper to change online content.

Tagged The Daily Utah Chronicle, University of Utah

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