CALIFORNIA -- Police at the University of California at Santa Barbara are investigating the theft of more than 2,300 copies of the Daily Nexus, the campus newspaper.Newspapers were taken from racks Jan.
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Student challenges Colo. criminal libel law after police seize his computer
COLORADO -- A college student who publishes a satirical online newsletter is challenging in court the Colorado criminal libel law after police confiscated the student's computer and threatened to arrest him for posting photos and articles lampooning a professor.University of Northern Colorado student Thomas Mink says his Web newsletter, The Howling Pig, is an effort to "vent frustration" and draw attention to issues at the school in Greeley.
Federal appeals court hears arguments in Governors State censorship case
ILLINOIS -- A full panel of federal appellate court judges heard oral arguments this morning in a case that could have a profound impact on First Amendment protections afforded America's college student media.The case before the U.S.
Student sues N.J. school after officials punished him for critical Web site
NEW JERSEY -- A former student at a middle school in Oceanport is suing school officials for violating his rights to free speech and due process after they punished him for creating a Web site critical of the school administration.The lawsuit, filed by Ryan Dwyer and his parents on Dec.
After controversy, Hampton U. adopts policies ensuring free-press rights
VIRGINIA -- The acting president of Hampton University has adopted new policies that ensure the free-press rights of the school's student newspaper.The decision to adopt the policies was an about-face for President JoAnn Haysbert, who confiscated the entire press run of the Oct.
Guide to access to executive personnel searches
When school boards and university boards of trustees conduct executive searches, journalists often find themselves locked out.
State-by-state guide to executive personnel searches
The following states have enacted laws or issued court opinions that provide some indication regarding the availability of information related to searches for top-level executives at public schools or universities.
D.C. agrees to settle lawsuit with student photographers arrested at protest
The attorney for three Corcoran College of Art and Design
students said Jan. 5 that the District of Columbia has agreed to settle a
lawsuit alleging that police wrongfully arrested the students during a massive
anti-war and anti-globalization protest in September 2002.
Terms of the
settlement have not been finalized, but Brian Malone, the students' attorney,
said they could receive $7,000 to $10,000 each.
In their lawsuit, the
three students at the Washington D.C.
Univ. of Utah ordered to release animal research records
The University of Utah must release details of research proposals involving experiments on animals under a Jan.
Appeals court hears challenge to Pa. ban on alcohol ads in student newspapers
The
University of Pittsburgh student newspaper on Jan. 23 continued its legal
challenge of a state law that prohibits businesses from placing alcohol
advertisements in student publications.
A three-judge panel of the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit heard oral arguments in the case
involving The Pitt News' four-year-long effort to overturn Pennsylvania
Act 199.