The case of a Pennsylvania State University student photographer is headed for a trial after a district judge threw out all but one of the charges.
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S.C. State Univ. student newspaper pulled from presses for adult toy party advertisement
A South Carolina student newspaper inOrangeburg was pulled from the presses this week over an advertisement a schooladministrator deemed unfit for print.
Student sues professor over 'fascist bastard' comment
A Los Angeles City College student, claiming his speech professor called him a "fascist bastard" during a presentation on his religious beliefs last fall, has teamed up with the Alliance Defense Fund in a lawsuit against district officials.
Supreme Court denies review of armband case
The United States Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a case raising the issue of schools' authority to punish students for wearing protest armbands.
Conn. Senate considers Anti-<i>Hazelwood</i> bill
A Senate bill introduced in Connecticut latelast month and scheduled for public hearing Friday marks another state'sattempt to fortify the legal protection of student publications eroded by theSupreme Court's Hazelwood decision.
Mich. principal makes critical editorial 'more accurate,' allows students to publish
After weeks of anticipation, student journalists at Loy Norrix High School in Kalamazoo, Mich., were given authorization to print an editorial that criticized the way administrators enforce the school suspension policy.
PRESS RELEASE: First Amendment Groups Oppose Expansion of School Authority Into Students' Off-Campus Publishing
Contact: Frank D. LoMontedirector@splc.org703-807-1904
The Student Press Law Center, a national non-profit devoted to defendingstudent journalists' First Amendment rights, filed a friend-of-the-courtbrief today urging a federal appeals court to clarify that schools cannotdiscipline students for criticizing their schools on personal web pages whenthey are off school grounds and not involved in school activities.
Free speech advocates appeal to Wash. State Senate for third chance at student press bill
Students, newspaper advisers, school board representatives, and First Amendment advocates filed into a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington yesterday to debate, for the third year in a row, the merits of student free press legislation in their state.
Chicago State student newspaper pulled from presses
The editor of Chicago State University'sstudent newspaper, who earlier this month filed suit against his school'sadministration alleging unlawful censorship, has now been told his paper willnot go to print this week.
School board: superintendent applications are not public records while at post office
The Cincinnati School Board is hoping a post office box will shield superintendent candidates' resumes from public records requests until all applications are in.