As single-sex organizations such as fraternities and sororities become increasingly unpopular on politically correct campuses, some universities have been taking measures to restrict students' rights to free association by suspending students and withholding federal grants and loans.
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When the medium determines the freedom old-fashioned censorship is often the result
Part of our mission at the Student Press Law Center is to relay the stories of student journalists and advisers who are frustrated by censorship.
Newspaper must open business records
A state district court judge has decided that the public has a right to see the business records of the student newspaper at Iowa State University.
Newspaper thefts spark new solutions
In recent years, the Student Press Law Center has heard from hundreds of student publications that have had problems with newspaper theft.
Press organizations warn Supreme Court of threats posed by Communications Decency Act
The Student Press Law Center joined with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press today in arguing that the Communications Decency Act, the federal law that criminalizes the distribution of material deemed "indecent" on the Internet, would threaten the ability of journalists to gather and publish news.
New campus crime bill would close loopholes, open daily logs and provide access to campus courts
Congress is taking another shotat requiring American colleges and universites to accurately reportinformation about campus crime, today, as it introduces new legislationdesigned both to close existing loopholes in current laws andto prevent schools from hiding campus crime information in inaccessibledaily crime logs or behind the doors of their campus court systems.
Oklahoma Judge Upholds College Internet Access Restriction
A professor at the University of Oklahoma who sued the school for blocking access to sex-related discussion groups on the Internet lost the first round in his legal battle in federal court.
Ohio supreme court to decide public's right to monitor campus justice system
In a legal test involving the rightof student journalists and others to gain access to campus courtrecords, the Ohio Supreme Court heard arguments Jan. 21 regardingwhether Miami University's student newspaper should be allowedto see school records detailing what takes place in closed campusdisciplinary proceedings involving criminal activity.
Editors, housing board settle suit over ad
A community housing board in Honolulu has settled its complaint that a student newspaper violated a federal housing law by discriminating against certain groups in the paper's classified advertising space.
N. Carolina media will have access to chancellor committee meetings
The University of North Carolina settled out of court with student journalists and other media seeking wider access to chancellor committee meetings.