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MISSOURI -- A Southwest Missouri State University office that investigates violations of the school's anti-discrimination policy has asked the student newspaper editor and adviser to go through mediation with an American Indian student group after its members filed a complaint about a cartoon that appeared in the paper.The cartoon depicted two American Indians in traditional dress and one Pilgrim gathering for Thanksgiving dinner.

MINNESOTA -- The student newspaper at St. Cloud State University is considering suing a rock band because its security personnel confiscated a photographer's memory card and "manhandled" a reporter who was covering the concert, the paper's adviser said.

A vandal cut out a cartoon on Arnold Schwarzenegger's views of gay marriage from more than 300 copies of The Campus, a student newspaper at the College of the Sequoias, and returned the papers to distribution racks around campus the same day.

The cartoon, which was published on page two, depicted the California governor saying "Marriage should be between a man, his woman, and whoever he happens to grope." "Governor Arnold voices his opinions about gay marriage," was written under the cartoon.

A reporter discovered the problem March 12 when she picked up a copy of the paper from a distribution rack on campus.

As public schools and libraries tackle federal Internet filtering requirements, some libraries in Kansas are turning to a state-run content filtering system that its creators say complies with federal law and gives users greater access to legal Web sites than commercial filters.

The Northeast Kansas Library System created its own free filtering system, known as Kanguard, in response to the Children's Internet Protection Act.

The Association of Student Judicial Affairs, the nation's largest association of student judicial administrators, voted overwhelmingly March 22 to pass a resolution supporting students' free-speech rights on college and university campuses.

"ASJA believes that we should provide resources to protect speech as spelled out in the Constitution," said David Parrott, president of the ASJA and dean of student life at Texas A&M University.

The resolution "urges public institutions of higher education to ensure that their policies, rules and procedures protect students' freedom of speech and expression as guaranteed by the U.S.

A high school newspaper and yearbook adviser resigned March 9 after being placed on paid administrative leave because of a controversy over articles about sex in an issue of the student newspaper.

Salina Central High School journalism adviser Jenny Acree informed the Salina School District that she was resigning because of "personal reasons" after two weeks of paid leave, school board President Richard Brake said.

The editorial board of Baylor University's student newspaper is facing criticism by the university president and the Student Publication Board after printing an editorial supporting gay marriage.

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A former dean at St. Cloud State University is suing the school and the Minnesota State College and University system for libel because of an article that appeared in the student newspaper.

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A court on March 8 dismissed a lawsuit filed by a student newspaper against Harvard University, rejecting the paper's argument that the private university's police department is subject to the state open-records law.

The Harvard Crimson filed suit last June to gain access to Harvard University Police Department records.

PENNSYLVANIA -- Shippensburg University has agreed to change portions of its student conduct code under the terms of a settlement with two students who sued the school over its policy restricting any speech that was ''inflammatory, demeaning, or harmful toward others."The Feb.