Oh, that First Amendment karma. When it bites back, it bites back hard.Darrel Hammon of Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne, Wyo., comes from the land of bighorn sheep.
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The Twelve Rules of Christmas — Plus One
Twas’ bout a month before Christmas when the calls first appeared.
Student editors with the most frightening tales — Oh Dear!
They interview, they research, they write, write, write, write.
But when it comes time to publish, they receive such a fright!
The Principal, Headmaster, The Dean or Whomever
has told them to stop, “Do not pull that Print Lever!”
So what dastardly phrase, what horrible quip
has led to this Dark Act of censorship?
My mind goes a-racing as I await words most foul...
The f-word?
Purdue journalist told not to video paramedics; police chief says officer was mistaken
The police department at Purdue University wants to strengthen its relationship with the campus newspaper after a recent run-in between an officer and a student journalist.
AG Cuccinelli’s go-ahead to search student cell-phones raises Fourth Amendment questions
In the understandable haste to spare kids from the brutal impact of bullying, some school systems are pushing against constitutional boundaries to assert authority not only to seize students' cellphones but to read the messages stored on them.Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli waded into this controversy in a November 24 opinion issued at the request of a Virginia legislator, Robert Bell.
Supreme Court won't hear students' challenge to Va. ban on alcohol ads
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case challenging Virginia's ban on alcohol-related advertising in college newspapers.
Commission: Yale police must comply with requests for records
The Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission decided Wednesday that Yale University PoliceDepartment records are subject to state Freedom of Information Act requests.
Advocates: Decision in cheerleader’s First Amendment case lacks basic decency
The case might seem unremarkable on the surface. It centers on a cheerleader at Silsbee High School -- the only high school in a Southeast Texas community numbering some 7,000 people.
N.C. Central student newspapers turn up missing
Several hundred copies of the student newspaper at North Carolina Central University were trashed this semester after the paper published two controversial stories.
Thousands of copies of FAU paper dumped
About 2,000 copies of the student newspaper at Florida Atlantic University were taken from their bins and thrown into the trash early last week.
November 2010 podcast: Think tank focuses on threats to student journalism
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Colorado high school journalism adviser Mark Newton discusses the Scholastic Journalism Institute, a think tank focusing on threats to scholastic journalism.