Members of a task force that reviewed journalism practices at Central Connecticut State University are giving the process mixed reviews, including a student editor and newspaper adviser who say it has caused a chilling effect on campus.
Tag: Fall 2007
When student newspapers get tough with student governments, student leaders pull out an important bargaining chip
Student journalists in Florida and New Jersey are the latest to come to terms with student governments after their funding was pulled — saying student governments objected to the content of their papers.
Proper channels: Student demonstrators fight prior review of their messages
Billy Embree was trying to help his college’s janitors fight for higher wages. He ended up fighting a suspension.
Sensitive speech: High schools react to violent expression after Virginia Tech massacre
Eight days after the Virginia Tech University massacre, a high school student in Northport, Wash., was overheard telling other students that chaining shut all of the doors in the school except for one would make it easy for a gunman to shoot those emerging from the unchained entrance.
U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Morse v. Frederick leaves narrow hole in landmark Tinker standard
A burst of laughter broke over the marble halls of the U.S. Supreme Court chamber when one of the nine dignified, black-robed figures seated behind a raised bench began to speak about “bong hits.”
Thomas' opinion considered extreme
Reaching back to the history of America’s public education system and a legal principle known as “in loco parentis,” Associate Justice Clarence Thomas offered the most extreme opinion in June’s Morse v. Frederick U.S. Supreme Court decision.
Advocates counting on Alito, Kennedy concurrence to limit decision's scope
Reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court’s June decision in Morse v. Frederick was almost as varied as the judgment of the Court, which issued five opinions in the first high school student-speech decision since Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier in 1988.
Early legal applications of the Morse decision
As soon as the Morse v. Frederick decision was handed down from the U.S. Supreme Court in late June, it immediately began appearing in lower courts’ opinions across the country.
'Immigration' editorial court case continues
A five-year-long waiting game over a high school student’s right to publish a controversial editorial may continue as the California Supreme Court decides whether to hear or deny a petition in the Novato Unified School District v. Smith case.
In Oregon, a new law protects students
When student journalists in Oregon return from vacation, they will be protected by a press-freedom law passed in July.