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Attorneys for the Student Press Law Center and other First Amendment advocates will be defending college free press rights before a panel of federal judges, the U.S.

ARKANSAS —The Arkansas Times is continuing its fight to force the University of Arkansas to reveal the proposal used in winning a $300 million grant from the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation.

COLORADO — Journalists in Colorado gained more protection last week against lawsuits resulting from mistakes in reporting.

In a 4-3 decision by the Colorado Supreme Court Sept.

CALIFORNIA —The Butte County District Attorney decided Sept. 17 not to pursue charges against a Chico State University student journalist for obstruction of a police officer.

Students, parents, educators and free speech advocates spoke out Sept. 18 against a federal mandate that went into effect this fall, arguing it limits students’ ability to utilize the Internet and violates students’ civil liberties.

The Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), which was signed into law by President Clinton in December of 2000, requires that public secondary and elementary schools implement Internet filtering software to be eligible for certain federal funding and discounts.

FLORIDA — A four-day dispute over the use of questionable language in a safe-sex column ended today when administrators conceded censorship would disrupt the learning environment of journalism students.

CALIFORNIA - A Chico State University student journalist landed behind bars Labor Day weekend after photographing an undercover police officer giving a citation.

Misha Osinovskiy, a photographer for The Orion, was on assignment taking pictures of officers making alcohol-related arrests near campus Aug.

This school year, 38 high schools nationwide can buy the hardware and software necessary to produce their school newspapers because of a grant awarded to them by American Society of Newspaper Editors.

Janet Ewell has her job back