The SPLC filed a friend-of-the-court brief Wednesday with the New York-based Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals urging the court to restore reasonable fees for attorney Ronald McGuire, who represented the student editors of the College Voice newspaper at the College of Staten Island in a long-running First Amendment battle with their school.
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Must this California school district withhold the identity of a student charged with sexually assaulting another student?
Under a court settlement, the identities of two California high school students — who have admitted to sexually assaulting another student while she was unconscious at a party — will not be released publicly. Now, a school administrator says the federal student privacy law prevents the release of directory information about one of the students… Continue reading Must this California school district withhold the identity of a student charged with sexually assaulting another student?
Pa. high school students protest warnings to avoid ‘irresponsible’ speech
About two dozen students at a suburban Pittsburgh high school staged a protest Monday after school and police officials told students they could face criminal charges if they spoke about teachers’ pending sexual assault and victim intimidation investigations.
Administrators at Columbia College reverse student newspaper staff cut amid financial turmoil
When Chicago bumps its minimum wage to $10 an hour in July, Columbia College will scale back hours for many of its student workers, and until Wednesday, the number of employees on the student newspaper staff would have been reduced by a quarter.
U. of South Carolina student newspaper editor says photo from marijuana rally could have led to thefts
At one distribution location, security footage showed a man walk out of frame with a stack of newspapers and returning empty-handed “before picking up another stack and walking out of frame once again."
Notre Dame police records are private, judge rules in ESPN lawsuit
The University of Notre Dame police department does not have to give ESPN access to police records about student athletes because it is not a public agency under the state’s open records law, a county judge ruled on Monday.
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in the St. Joseph COUNTY circuit/superior court STATE of indianaespn, inc. and PAULA LAVIGNE,Plaintiffs,v.UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME SECURITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, a department of the University of Notre Dame du Lac,Defendant.)))))))))))CAUSE NO. COMPLAINT to compel inspection and copying of public recordPlaintiffs, ESPN, Inc. and Paula Lavigne (collectively “ESPN”) by counsel, for their Complaint against the Defendant,… Continue reading in the St. Joseph COUNTY
Delta State U. journalism program, student newspaper print funding axed
Despite cries to save student journalism in the Mississippi Delta, the state’s higher education commission voted unanimously to cut Delta State University’s journalism program Thursday.
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22860000SEJCSoutheast Journalism Conference00SEJCSoutheast Journalism ConferenceApril 14, 2015Dear Dr. Borsig and Trustees:On behalf of the Southeast Journalism Conference’s 40 member schools, among them Delta State University, we appeal to you to reconsider what we regard as a counterproductive, unfair and detrimental proposal to eliminate the journalism program at DSU and to cut funding for the print… Continue reading 22860000SEJC Southeast Journalism Conference 00SEJC Southeast Journalism Conference April
Federal lawsuit alleges Northern Michigan U. student newspaper board violated adviser’s free-speech rights in termination
In an attempt to get her job back, the ousted student newspaper adviser at Northern Michigan University has filed a federal lawsuit against members of the newspaper’s board of directors, arguing her termination violated her free-speech rights.