PENNSYLVANIA -- Misdemeanor charges have been re-filed againsta student at Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pa., for takingphotographs for the student newspaper during a riot near campus that broke outafter a football victory last fall.
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Student, representative propose student free press legislation in Ky.
With the help of his state representative, acollege sophomore in Kentucky has initiated a bill in the Commonwealth's Houseof Representatives that seeks to combat post-Hazelwood student pressrights restrictions.
Ill. school board imposes directive for student newspaper to use courtesy titles in stories
Students at Harrisburg High School, in Harrisburg, Ill., are forced to use courtesy titles in editorial and opinion content in the student newspaper when referring to faculty, staff or members of the school board after the Board of Education imposed a new directive last week.
Adviser group censures Western Oregon University over concerns for student media, administration relations
The College Media Advisers board of directors voted this month to censure Western Oregon University in Monmouth, Ore., for its dismissal of a former student newspaper adviser.
Judge grants qualified immunity to principal in First Amendment 'douchebag' case
A U.S. District Court judge ruled Thursday that a student had not clearly established her First Amendment right to criticize her principal in an off-campus blog that used coarse language, denying the student a trial on her claim.
January 2009 podcast: Reporting on chaos
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First Amendment lawyers Steve Zansberg and Robert S. Becker discuss what happens when student journalists' attempts to cover the news come into conflict with law enforcement's attempts to keep order in a chaotic situation.
Keeping your case alive after graduation
Although graduation day is traditionally a time for celebration and for new beginnings, it can bring an unhappy ending to the legal claims of a student who is challenging school censorship. In general, challenges to school policies must be raised by currently affected students. When a student graduates, a court may dismiss her claims as moot.[1] Several federal appeals courts have agreed.[2] Lane v. Simon, a 2007 case decided by the Tenth Circuit, illustrates how this mootness problem can present serious challenges to student press plaintiffs' ability to secure their First Amendment rights through litigation. But Lane also provided a road map of possible ways to overcome a claim of mootness.
Ditching the "Red Cup": Have you been punished for Facebook photos?
Who would have thought that when Illinois-based Solo Cup Co. first introduced the red plastic drinking cup on Nov. 20, 1972, students would be getting reprimanded nearly 35 years later for posing in a photo with the telltale red container?
From the pen to the masses
Twitter. It is a name many student journalists coming back from media conventions have heard so often.
Undefined attacks: Gossip sites prompt 'bullying' crackdown
If you did a Google search for the name "Thaddeus Grage" you would find the Indiana University at Bloomington sophomore's name associated with some unsavory allegations on the anonymous gossip Web site JuicyCampus.com.