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Montclarion receives 2008 College Press Freedom Award from SPLC, ACP
The Montclarion, the independentnewspaper at Montclair State University in Montclair, is the recipient of the2008 College Press Freedom award given by the Student Press Law Center and theAssociated Collegiate Press, the SPLC announced Friday.
Enrollment director bans student newspaper from career fair because of 'negative' story
Administrators at Missouri Southern StateUniversity in Joplin have launched an investigation to decide whether DerekSkaggs,* student enrollment director, violated the Chart, the studentnewspaper,staff's First Amendment rights after he banned the paperfrom a career fair for a story about declining enrollment.
Newspaper estimates loss of $2,750 after 3,500 copies of paper stolen
When the student newspaper at the University ofTexas El Paso, the Prospector, ran a front-page story about theself-dethroned homecoming queen, who was alleged to be a former exotic dancer,it had no way of predicting a loss of more than 3,500 papers and $2,750.
Sixth Circuit upholds middle school censorship of abortion leaflets
In another decision eroding the First Amendmentrights of students, a federal appeals court ruled against a middle-schoolstudent who was told to refrain from handing out anti-abortion leaflets in hisschool's hallway.
Penn. student loses bid to wear 'terrorist hunting permit' T-shirt
A U.S. District Court judge partially sided onSept. 30 in favor of a student's First Amendment lawsuit against hisschool district for wearing a T-shirt with an image of a gun and a ''terrorist hunting permit.''
Student turns self in for stealing over 1,300 newspapers
The Texas Christian University student who thought thestudent newspaper, the Daily Skiff, is better recycled than read awaitsjudgment from the university's judicial review board after dumping morethan 1,300 copies of the newspaper in recycling bins around campus.
Daily Nebraskan resolves issues over open records requests with university
A recent dispute that had the University ofNebraska-Lincoln's administration giving the silent treatment to the DailyNebraskan, the school's newspaper, may have been resolved.
Calif. passes journalism adviser protection bill
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill into lawSunday that protects high school and college teachers, in addition to all otherschool employees, from being retaliated against because of student speech.
PRESS RELEASE: Student Press Law Center Hails California’s New Journalism Teacher Protection Act
Contact: Frank LoMonte Executive Director 703-807-1904 director@splc.org
The Student Press Law Center today congratulated California Gov.