A medical school student who wrote a weekly column for The University Daily has filed a lawsuit in state court challenging his expulsion from Texas Tech University.
In the lawsuit, Sandeep Rao alleges that a Jan.
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California student pamphleteer gets his apology
It may have taken a year, but a student at Scripps Ranch High School in San Diego finally got the apology he said he deserved.
Christopher Hu, who was a junior in April 2001, said school administrators threatened to punish him for distributing pamphlets that advised students of their rights not to take a state-mandated standardized test.
Vermont Principals’ Association agrees to open doors and records to public
The Vermont Principals' Association agreed to voluntarily comply with the state's sunshine law after a lawmaker proposed a bill to strip the group of its power overseeing interscholastic sports.
The organization was founded to establish rules for school sports, but in recent years it has taken on more responsibility dealing with other extracurricular activities.
Univ. of Connecticut student TV show draws protests — but so far no censorship
A program on the University of Connecticut's closed-circuit television network sparked protests earlier this month from students who complained about the show's racy content.
"I Did Your Mother," the title of the late-night call-in show on UCTV, is hosted by two students who discuss sex topics and sometimes have their guests perform humorous acts.
But not everyone at the university is laughing.
Papers win access to long-sealed Univ. of Colorado records
Two Boulder newspapers this month won access to a coveted University of Colorado report dating back to the 1950s era of McCarthyism.
The Colorado Daily and The Daily Camera requested that the University of Colorado release the 1951 document on alleged subversive activities at the campus.
U. of Southern Maine newspaper wins vote to preserve financial independence
MAINE -- Freedom of the press won out over student leaders at the University of Southern Maine as the student body overwhelmingly rejected a referendum earlier this month to keep the student newspaper, The Free Press, independent.
Students voted 468-88 against dissolving the Student Communications Board, a margin of 84 percent to 16 percent, thwarting the student senate's plans to gain greater control of the university's media entities.
"The results make it clear to me that students understand that student government shouldn't have direct control of student media," editor Steve Peoples said.
The Student Communications Board was established as a buffer organization, Peoples said, so that the student senate could not take control.
Fired adviser settles claim with Fort Valley State U. for $192,000
GEORGIA -- A college newspaper adviser who sued Fort Valley State University for not renewing his contract in 1998 has won what may be the largest settlement of its kind, including $192,000 and the establishment of new publications guidelines at the university.
In March, John Schmitt finalized a settlement wherein the state of Georgia will reimburse $117,000 of his legal fees, and Fort Valley State, where he formerly served as communications adviser, will compensate him $75,000 and adopt a liberal publications policy that will protect future advisers.
"I think this kind of an agreement concerning the paper and the adviser may be a landmark kind of arrangement," Schmitt said.
Schmitt and Hollie Manheimer, the American Civil Liberties Union attorney who represented him, crafted the new publications policy to "protect advisers," and it includes specific sections on protected speech and adviser job security.
Supreme Court weighs whether students can sue schools for privacy violations
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in Gonzaga University v.
Judge allows school to print yearbook cover without ‘God Bless America’ slogan
ILLINOIS -- A federal judge rejected an elementary school student's plea Tuesday to have her school print the words "God Bless America" on a yearbook cover she designed.
By refusing to grant a temporary restraining order, U.S.
Story about course catalog error triggers confiscation of papers at Calif. high school
CALIFORNIA -- When The Talon at Rubidoux High School in Riverside reported on an alleged error in the school's course catalog on April 4, the principal confiscated all 2,200 copies of the paper before distribution and threatened to shut down the newspaper.
Reporter Elizabeth Brizendine wrote a story claiming the school's course catalog misled students when it wrongfully stated they could receive college credit for the course "Mythology and Sci-fi."
Principal Jay Trujillo originally allowed the story to be run as long as the Talon removed what he saw as inaccurate information, editor Matt Medina said.