The University of Alabama’s 122-year-old student yearbook will cease publication, prompted by years of dwindling revenue and circulation. Last year, only 24 copies of the Corolla were sold to a student body of more than 34,000.
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Ariz. ‘revenge porn’ law will limit free speech, plaintiffs claim
A state law created to protect people from “revenge porn” has drawn criticism and a federal lawsuit from bookstores, publishers and news media groups, who claim they could be punished because the law is overly broad and violates constitutionally guaranteed free speech.
Pa. Senate unanimously votes in favor of bill limiting public-records exemptions at ‘state-related’ universities
Members of the Pennsylvania Senate unanimously approved a bill Wednesday that could require state-related universities to provide additional information to the public, bringing requirements closer in line with those of all other public agencies in the commonwealth.
"Banned Websites Awareness Day" highlights how unnecessary internet filters impede on effective learning
For a student or teacher trying to view an educational video or search online for a news photo, t...
University declines to disclose details on Miss America’s dismissal from sorority for hazing
University declines to disclose details on Miss America’s dismissal from sorority for hazingKira Kazantsev, this year’s Miss America Pageant winner, is known for her women’s health advocacy and her 3.6 GPA while receiving a triple major at Hofstra University in New York. But in April 2013, she was also kicked out of her sorority for… Continue reading University declines to disclose details on Miss America’s dismissal from sorority for hazing
New Jersey school district recommends communications officer as newspaper adviser, student journalists resist
At their Sept. 15 meeting, the school board was set to approve Nancy Tucker, the district’s communications officer, as the new adviser for the newspaper. The board decided to postpone the vote.
Playwickian adviser, student editor receive nationwide support following suspensions
Along with editorials in high school papers in
California and Missouri, and a silent show of solidarity at a high school in Texas, student editors in California have raised more than $1,100 in 24 hours to support the student newspaper at Neshaminy High School and its adviser.Boise State U., criticized for imposing 'security fees' for gun-rights event, agrees to revise speech policies
The policy granted university officials discretion to impose security fees on specific student organizations. The cost to hire the additional “security and/or law enforcement officers,” was then passed down to the organization sponsoring the event in the form of event costs.
Student support for First Amendment rights surpasses adult support, survey shows
The study also shows 61 percent of students agree that they should be allowed to report on controversial issues in their school newspaper without prior review, compared to only 41 percent of teachers who agree.
SPLC, JEA-SPRC Condemn Neshaminy School District For Punishing Newspaper Editor, Adviser in Ongoing Fight Over “Redskins” Name
The Student Press Law Center and Journalism Education Association Scholastic Press Rights Commission condemned the actions of the Neshaminy School District in Pennsylvania Wednesday, following the District’s retaliatory and illegal actions calculated to punish the Playwickian student newspaper, its editors and its adviser.