Administrators at Chaffey College are still insisting the school’s literary magazine staff affix a warning label to it’s latest issue, but have allowed staff to use their own wording, a compromise of sorts that has left staff members frustrated.
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Calif. state legislature passes bill including charter schools in student free expression law
The bill that would extend student freeexpression rights to California charter school students awaits thegovernor's signature after passing the State Assembly on Monday.
Court restores Va. ban on alcohol ads in college newspapers
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 this month that the Virginia regulation that prohibits college publications from printing alcohol advertisements does not violate the students' First Amendment rights.
Conflicting online speech rulings vacated, will be heard by full Third Circuit
The 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Pennsylvania ordered April 9 that the seemingly conflicting rulings in two student online speech cases be vacated and heard by the full court in June.
Cases: Layshock v.
School official cancels class that publishes student newspaper
When the principal at Pebblebrook High School cancelled the school's journalism class in May, it seemed likely that Brookspeak, the student newspaper produced by the class, would die with it.
Yearbook's Spanish title prompts principal to institute prior review
The book, featuring the question in Spanish (''Quienes somos en verdad?'') on the front cover and in English on the back cover -- a reflection of the school's nearly 90 percent Hispanic majority -- reached the school's students on May 5 with little consequence.
Advisers lose fights to reclaim jobs
A federal district court has ruled that the removal of Ron Johnson, former adviser of the student newspaper the Collegian at Kansas State University, was not a violation of the student editors' First Amendment rights because he was removed due to the 'overall quality' of the paper and not specific stories.
Former adviser alleges college violated 1st Amendment
Former college President Veldon Law said in an affidavit, filed May 25 in federal district court, that he recommended Schartz's contract be renewed, but the Barton County Community College Board of Trustees voted not to renew it. Law, who was fired from the college by the Board of Trustees on July 19 after three former basketball coaches were accused of fraud, declined to answer questions for this story.
College grants paper control over content
The policy specifies that the Communicator staff has control over the newspaper, and the college is released from any liability relating to the paper's content.
Former shock jock sues college for pulling him off the airwaves
Antebi sued the college for violating his rights in March under a California statue that protects free expression at private schools, a year after he was fired from his radio show and censured for sexual harassment over his on-air comments.