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MASSACHUSETTS ' The Primary Source at Tufts University in Medford filed a complaint against Carl Jackson, former president of the Pan-African Alliance for stealing at least 1,000 copies of the November 2001 issue.

After mediation with the dean of students and dean of judicial affairs in November 2002, Jackson was not suspended but ordered to pay the conservative magazine $522 for damages.

'The payment we consider an admission of involvement,' said Megan Liotta, editor in chief of the Source.

She said Jackson was involved with other thefts of the magazine that resulted in the loss of 4,300 copies between October 2001 and January 2002.

CALIFORNIA ' A month after 1,000 copies of the University of California at Berkeley's student newspaper were stolen, the city's mayor was charged with a criminal infraction for the theft.

Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates admitted in December to being involved in stealing and trashing copies of the Nov.

Every year, student journalists across the country experience an age-old form of censorship through newspaper theft.

INDIANA ' A conservative magazine at Wabash College lost its funding and its standing as a recognized student organization in November after the student senate said its content was 'ungentlemanly.' One month later, the senate agreed to re-instate the magazine's funding, a move which was sought by student editors and First Amendment advocates.

The Wabash Commentary was still placed on probation during the Dec.

UTAH ' Student journalists at Southern Utah University are resting a little easier, as it appears administrators are backing off their claims that they have a legal right to control the student newspaper's content.

In September, the University Journal criticized the limited availability of condoms on campus, stirring administrators to threaten prior review of the newspaper.

CALIFORNIA ' Administrators at the University of California at San Diego have backed off their claims that a student organization's Web site was in violation of the U.S.A.

KENTUCKY ' Administrators at Murray State University implemented an editorial review board in October for its student-run television station after one official claimed that an animated cartoon that aired was racist.

The television station, TV-11, is required to have a 12-person editorial board that will preview all opinion, editorial and entertainment-based material at least 48 hours before its scheduled broadcast, said Jeanne Scafella, chairperson for the journalism and mass communications department.

WISCONSIN ' A federal appeals court ruled in October that the system the University of Wisconsin uses to distribute mandatory student fees to campus organizations is constitutional.

A three-judge panel of the U.S.

FLORIDA ' After all 9,000 copies of the University of Miami's student newspaper, The Hurricane, were stolen more than a year ago, editor in chief Jordan Rodack thought the thieves would be punished as the university promised.

MICHIGAN ' Administrators at Washtenaw Community College forced the campus newspaper to pull an editorial endorsement for three board of trustees candidates in the Nov.