A censored version of Sheridan High School’s yearbook will be sent to the printer without the student profiles — including one of a gay student — that sparked a dispute between student editors and administrators.
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Arkansas high school administration censors yearbook profile of gay student
Despite state law that protects student expression, administrators at an Arkansas high school are trying to pull student feature profiles from the yearbook.
Police investigating newspaper theft at Ark. university
Morethan 1,000 copies of The Forumstudent newspaper were stolen March 13 and 14 from the University of Arkansasat Little Rock.
After controversial sorority story, Arkansas State papers disappear
TheArkansas State University Herald joinedthe list of alleged 2011 newspaper theft victims March 17 when issuesdisappeared from stands two hours after distribution.
Ark. college faces consecutive weeks of vanishing newspapers
Newspapers have vanished from the stands two consecutive weeks at Henderson State University, and it’s not from extensive readership.
Supreme Court denies review of armband case
The United States Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a case raising the issue of schools' authority to punish students for wearing protest armbands.
Law professor drops defamation suit against student group after school clears his name
ARKANSAS -- Richard Peltz, a law professor at the University ofArkansas at Little Rock, has dropped a defamation lawsuit against two formerstudents and a law group after a school investigation determined that thecharges of racism against him were unfounded.
Arkansas school district asks Supreme Court to hear black armband case
The Watson Chapel School District has filed apetition to have the United States Supreme Court decide the legality ofpunishing students for wearing protest armbands.
1,300 newspapers stolen from racks at Univ. of Central Ark.
Echoes could be heard -- but not read -- throughout the University of Central Arkansas's empty news racks Sept. 17 when 1,300 copies of The Echo, the student newspaper, were stolen.
Appellate court rules school district violated First Amendment rights of students who wore black armbands to school
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals uphelda lower court's decision saying students who protested their school district'suniform policy in 2006 had a right to do so under the First Amendment.