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Author: Maggie Beckwith

U. of Md. bans use of names of alleged assailants at rape-awareness event

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October 5, 2007September 5, 2018 Maggie Beckwith

Sexual assault victims participating in the Clothesline Project at the University of Maryland cannot write the names of alleged assailants on shirts they plan to hang around the campus, university officials said this week.

Tagged College Park, Maryland, University of Maryland

Student sues Tenn. district over ban on 'Jena Six' T-shirt

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October 5, 2007December 4, 2018 Maggie Beckwith

A student who was not allowed to wear her "Free the Jena Six" T-shirt to her high school filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the Rutherford County Board of Education and her school's assistant principal, alleging they violated her First Amendment rights.

School officials in Ga. 'standing by' decision to run controversial column

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October 3, 2007September 5, 2018 Maggie Beckwith

District officials are standing by a Marietta high school principal's decision not to censor an opinion piece calling homosexuality one of biology's "reproductive errors," despite high profile media attention describing the "furor" caused by the article.

Tagged Carlton J. Kell High School, Georgia, marietta

Ruling backs high school's decision to bar band from playing 'Ave Maria'

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September 25, 2007December 4, 2018 Maggie Beckwith

WASHINGTON -- Everett School District officials did not violate a student’s First Amendment rights by not allowing a high school wind ensemble to play “Ave Maria” during the 2006 graduation ceremonies, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

Tagged Everett School District, Henry M. Jackson High School, Washington

Student who wrote about school shooting allowed to return for senior year

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September 24, 2007September 5, 2018 Maggie Beckwith

WASHINGTON -- A student found with writings depicting a school shooting returned to school this September after administrators invited him back to Northport High School in Washington state.

Tagged Northport High School, Washington

District may not censor button depicting Hitler Youth, court rules

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September 20, 2007December 4, 2018 Maggie Beckwith

NEW JERSEY -- Two students -- a fifth-grader and a seventh-grader -- can wear buttons with the phrase “No School Uniforms” over a background picture of the Hitler Youth, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Tagged bayonne school district, New Jersey

Valedictorian punished for speaking about Jesus sues district

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September 14, 2007December 4, 2018 Maggie Beckwith

COLORADO -- A Lewis-Palmer High School student filed a federal lawsuit against administrators on Aug. 27, claiming her constitutional rights were violated when school officials made her issue an apology to community members for her graduation speech, which referred to Jesus Christ.

Tagged Colorado, Lewis-Palmer High School

Ind. paper to rely on submissions from English classes

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September 12, 2007September 5, 2018 Maggie Beckwith

English class assignments, not journalistic pieces, will fill the pages of Woodlan Junior-Senior High School’s newspaperthis year, ending a battle between administrators and the student staff that started over an editorial advocating tolerance for gay people.

Tagged The Tomahawk, Woodlan Junior-Senior High School

Conn. student to continue fight for new election

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September 10, 2007September 5, 2018 Maggie Beckwith

CONNECTICUT -- A student who was barred from running for class office after calling administrators “douchebags” on her blog did not show that she was likely to win her case, a federal judge ruled Aug.

Tagged Burlington, Conn., Lewis S. Mills High School

Ousted adviser of high school paper finds new home at private school

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September 10, 2007September 5, 2018 Maggie Beckwith

INDIANA -- In a new school where she will launch a fledgling newspaper, Amy Sorrell can finally put behind her a battle against school officials sparked by an editorial suggesting tolerance for gay people.

Tagged East Allen County Schools, Indiana, The Tomahawk, Woodlan Junior-Senior High School

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