On May 18, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals came down with a decision in R.O. v. Ithaca City School District that student journalism advocates say is one of the most damaging rulings for free speech in the nation’s high schools in decades.
Author: Seth Zweifler
The admissions game
Today’s student journalists can be at the forefront of efforts to shed more light on college admissions. From a team of editors keeping up with the Chicago Tribune series to an enterprising reporter at the University of California - Los Angeles poking around the School of Dentistry, admissions coverage has taken on more and more prominence at many student publications.
Minn. court upholds punishment of college student for Facebook posts
Apublic university can punish a student for off-campus speech if the speechsubstantially disrupts university operations, the Minnesota Court of Appealsruled Monday.
Christopher Newport backs off plans to cut funding for printed student newspaper
Administrators at Christopher Newport University in Newport News,Va., have backed off a proposal to eliminate funding for theprint edition of the Captain’s Log, theschool’s student newspaper.
Third Circuit sides with students in online speech fight
Public school students cannot be punished for off-campus speech that fails to cause a substantial disruption to in-school activities, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday.
Southern Methodist pulls story about transparency from newspaper's orientation issue
Students andadministrators at Southern Methodist University are at odds over the removal ofan opinion piece from The Daily Campus, SMU’s student newspaper.
Vanderbilt student radio station sold, pulled off the air hours later
The airwaves of thenation’s “Music City” are operating without a 58-year-old staple.
Northern Kentucky adviser replaced as student paper moves to journalism department
For the past 11 years, adviser Gayle Brown has been a familiarpresence in the newsroom of The Northerner, the student newspaper at Northern KentuckyUniversity.
Proposal would cut all funding for printed newspaper at Va. university
The print edition ofthe Captain’s Log, the student newspaper at Christopher NewportUniversity in Newport News, Va., could soon be no more.
Ill. college journalists, administrators at odds over adviser's removal
When Cathy Stableinwas called into a meeting with top administrators at the College of DuPage inGlen Ellyn, Ill., the last thing on her mind was that she would lose her jobadvising the Courier,the school’s student newspaper.