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Author: Michael Beder

Thousands of copies of Oregon State student paper go missing

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April 22, 2008September 5, 2018 Michael Beder

Staffers for Oregon State University's studentnewspaper, the Daily Barometer, found all six of the paper's outdoordistribution racks empty Friday morning.

Tagged Daily Barometer, Oregon, Oregon State University

Proposal would make student media at Colo. State independent

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April 17, 2008December 4, 2018 Michael Beder

An advisory panel is considering a proposalthat would convert Colorado State University's entire student media departmentto an independent nonprofit corporation.

Tagged Colorado, Colorado State University, Rocky Mountain Collegian

Calif. bill would bar contracts that make public data confidential

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April 15, 2008September 5, 2018 Michael Beder

The state Senate passed a bill Monday that wouldensure public access to information about government contracts.

Tagged California, University of California at San Francisco

Appeals panel reverses itself, dismisses Ky. student's free-speech lawsuit

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April 10, 2008December 4, 2018 Michael Beder

Six months after ruling a high schoolstudent could continue a lawsuit challenging his district's formeranti-discrimination policy, a federal appellate court panel reversed itself Wednesday anddecided his case should be dismissed.

Tagged Boyd County High School, Kentucky

Federal court strikes down ban on alcohol ads in Va. campus papers

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April 1, 2008December 4, 2018 Michael Beder

A federal judge on Monday struck down astate ban on alcohol advertisements in student media, ruling the ban violatedthe First Amendment rights of student publications.

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

Charles O'Malley, 93, longtime scholastic journalism supporter

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March 24, 2008September 5, 2018 Michael Beder

Charles O'Malley, a former director of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association and for decades one of the nation's leading advocates for the advancement of student journalism, died Wednesday on the opening day of the association's 84th annual convention. He was 93.

Tagged Columbia University, New York

O'Colly content back online, but dispute continues over ties between paper, site

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January 11, 2008September 5, 2018 Michael Beder

Editors of The Daily O'Collegian allowedwork from the print edition to return to the newspaper's Web site on Monday,after a dispute regarding the editor in chief's authority over ocolly.com, theonline edition, led staffers in November to begin withholding print content fromthe Web site.

Tagged Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, The Daily O'Collegian

Ga. college student expelled after criticizing president's plan files suit

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January 10, 2008December 4, 2018 Michael Beder

A student who was expelled after repeatedlycriticizing a plan championed by the university president for a new parkinggarage filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday*, alleging that school officials violatedhis rights by expelling him on a trumped-up charge that he was a danger to thecampus.

Tagged Georgia, The Spectator, Valdosta State University

Appeals court rejects suit by student named in crime alert

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January 8, 2008December 4, 2018 Michael Beder

A student who sued his university for naminghim as the assailant in an assault near campus has not yet decided whether tocontinue his case after a federal appeals court dismissed the suit lastmonth.

Tagged Johnson & Wales University, Rhode Island

Sophomore suspended for posting photos taken in classroom sues district

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December 21, 2007December 4, 2018 Michael Beder

A high school sophomore who was suspended fortaking photos of his teacher during class and posting the pictures online lostthe first round of his lawsuit against the school district Dec. 11, when a federal judge refused to lift the student's suspension early.

Tagged Lafayette High School, Missouri

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