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Tag: Colorado

Colorado lawmakers to consider bill reclassifying newspaper thefts

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February 14, 2013September 5, 2018 Christina Downs

A bill that would reclassify newspaper theft in Colorado has passed the state’s House of Representatives and is waiting now for consideration in the Senate.

Tagged Colorado, newspaper theft

Colorado parents, students upset by school's ban on memorial page for student

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November 15, 2012September 5, 2018 Bailey McGowan

Parents are protesting a Colorado Springs high school that won’t allow the yearbook staff to include a memorial page for a student who committed suicide in August.

Tagged Colorado, Colorado Student Free Expression Law, high school yearbook, Vista Ridge High School

Colo. commission wants to repeal newspaper theft law

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July 17, 2012September 5, 2018 Seth Zweifler

A Colorado commission that reviews criminal laws voted Friday to repeal a statute that makes it a crime to steal free newspapers, arguing that the legislation has clogged up the state’s justice system.

Tagged Colorado, newspaper theft

Editors: Colo. yearbook adviser spikes feature on lesbian couple, deletes pages

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March 12, 2012December 4, 2018 Emily Summars

Theeditor of the Palmer High School yearbook claims her adviser censored aphotograph of a lesbian couple, then deleted several pages of work inretaliation against students who fought the decision.

Tagged Colorado, Palmer High School, Retrospect

After 8-year legal battle, judge finds Howling Pig editor's rights were violated

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June 3, 2011December 4, 2018 Nick Dean

A federal district court ruled Friday that a former college student whopublished a First Amendment-protected satirical newsletter was deprived of hisright against unreasonable search and seizure when police confiscated hiscomputer.

Tagged Colorado, The Howling Pig, University of Northern Colorado

Colo. principal fires adviser, shutters newspaper after coverage of student death

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March 24, 2011December 4, 2018 Aly Brumback

Overland High School’s student journalists are without an adviser or anewspaper after the principal overhauled the program days after a dispute overcontent.

Tagged Colorado, Overland High School, The Overland Scout

Fired CU adviser says she was told to prior review stories

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September 14, 2010September 5, 2018 Brian Schraum

The former newspaper adviser at the University of Colorado at Boulder wastold to give administrators a "heads up" about controversial stories prior topublication, according to personnel documents.

Tagged Colorado, CU Independent, University of Colorado at Boulder

Court rules former Howling Pig webmaster can sue prosecutor who authorized search warrant

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July 21, 2010September 5, 2018 Kelsey Ryan

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday thatformer University of Northern Colorado student Thomas Mink can sue a deputydistrict attorney for damages resulting from her approval of a warrant to searchMink's home and seize his computer for posting a website mocking a professor in2003.

Tagged Colorado, Howling Pig, University of Northern Colorado

Colo. State signs agreement to separate student media as nonprofit corporation

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July 22, 2008December 4, 2018 Liz White

Colorado State University released Friday theformal agreement between the university and the Rocky Mountain Student MediaCorporation (SMC), a new nonprofit organization formed from CSU's former studentmedia department.

Tagged Colorado, Colorado State University, Rocky Mountain Collegian

Former Colo. student appeals dismissal of suit against prosecutor

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July 17, 2008December 4, 2018 Kelsey Beltramea

A former University of Northern Colorado student will appeal a federal judge's decision to dismiss his lawsuit against a prosecutor to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Tagged Colorado, The Howling Pig, University of Northern Colorado

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