Karen Bosley’s long fight against Ocean County College is finally over.
Tag: Fall 2007
Student Press Law Center mourns the loss of two tireless advocates
Student journalists lost two of their most revered national press-freedom advocates this year, and the Student Press Law Center lost two dear friends.
Administration bars Tufts journal from printing unsigned editorials
On May 10, editors of a conservative journal at Tufts University issued a news release on their Web site.
Journalists at Flagler College continue struggle
The newspaper for a private college in Florida will keep its mission to enhance the image of the school and will stay under the college’s control even after students protested and resigned over their concerns the paper had been censored.
Connecticut panel completes newspaper review
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.
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.