The Senate incorporated two bills that could radically change Internet access in schools nationwide in an appropriations bill passed in mid-July.
Tag: Fall 1998
Open judicial hearings fight ends bittersweet
More than two years and $20,000 later, the newspaper at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received an answer it did not want to hear.
Newspaper staff requests refund after thefts
Editors of a campus newspaper at the University of Chicago said they want to be reimbursed for the cost of replacing stolen newspapers.
Policy restricts newspapers' online edition
Administrators at the Maize School District instituted Internet guidelines in May that restrict what students and faculty can post on the district Web site.
A brief look at open records cases across the country
The Wisconsin state Supreme Court granted an appeal July 24 to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for a case involving state open records law.
Minnesota passes shield law
More than two years ago a tearful Michelle Ames, then-editor of the University of Minnesota's student newspaper, stood in front of Hennepin County District Judge John Stanoch and said she would not comply with a court order to turn over unpublished negatives taken of a fight on campus.
ACLU sues to quell Internet censorship law
A judge granted the American Civil Liberties Union an injunction June 23 stopping a bill that would censor free speech on the Internet from taking effect.
Jury finds yearbook giant liable
A Sherman jury found Jostens, the yearbook publishing giant, liable for anticompetitive practices in May.
Campus police apologize for arresting cameraman
When Ball State University junior Chris Hahn started filming the scene of a car accident on campus last March, the last thing on his mind was that he was doing something wrong.
Teachers plan lawsuit against school for links on Web site
Tired of the unpredictable quality of classes and teachers, a student at City College of San Francisco decided to do something about it.