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A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of charges against a former University of Michigan student who had sent "erotic fiction" over the Internet about a fellow student.

After The Pony Express at Stillwater High School published an article in December about an off-campus fight between students, administrators stepped in and confiscated all copies of the paper, citing the state's Data Privacy Act.

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A 15-year old student at Athol-Royalston Regional High School, who maintained a private home page satirizing several of his peers and some teachers, was ordered by school officials to remove the material from his page in March.

The principal at Copperas Cove High School stopped distribution of the November issue of The Blue Beacon because of an editorial urging students, "Don't be fighting, be polite." His reason? He didn't want students portrayed in a negative light to the community.

The U.S. Supreme Court this March let stand a lower court's ruling that rejected a California community college's anti-sexual harassment policy for being unconstitutionally vague.

A judge has dismissed a libel lawsuit brought by a Virginia Tech administrator against the student newspaper, holding that a story identifying the administrator as the "Director of Butt Licking" was not defamatory.

An existing prior review policy at McCallum High School in Austin had never been an issue before surfacing in December.

Rep. Ron Wilson reintroduced a bill last August that would require state university student publications staffs and editorial boards to reflect the racial make-up of the state, regardless of the racial make-up of their school.

A judge recently dismissed a libel lawsuit filed by an attorney against The Temple News.