The editor in chief of Armstrong Atlantic StateUniversity's student paper said she is planning to file a lawsuit against thepresident of the university and the Student Government Association for cuttingthe paper's 2008-09 budget, allegedly based on complaints about the paper'scontent.
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Column critical of cheerleaders leads to newspaper theft
Berry College officials are investigating the university's cheerleading squad for stealing about 900 copies of the student newspaper on Feb. 7.
Ga. college student expelled after criticizing president's plan files suit
Ga. student who protested plans for campus parking garage contesting removal
A Valdosta State University student who was removedfrom campus after the school's president declared him a "clear andpresent danger" will take his appeal to Georgia's Office of StateAdministrative Hearings, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education saidWednesday in a press release.
'Advisory board' formed after Ga. student paper runs 'Modest Proposal'-style satire
An "editorial advisory board" will overseepublication of East Coweta High School's student newspaper in response to theSeptember issue, which contained several "negative" articles -- including a columncriticizing a school beauty pageant and a satire suggesting that low-performing fifth-graders be executed -- the principal announced Tuesday.
School officials in Ga. 'standing by' decision to run controversial column
District officials are standing by a Marietta high school principal's decision not to censor an opinion piece calling homosexuality one of biology's "reproductive errors," despite high profile media attention describing the "furor" caused by the article.
Georgia high school students tracked down using subpoena
Two students faced a school disciplinary hearing this week after local police subpoenaed Internet and phone companies to track them down for sexually explicit information they posted about fellow classmates online.
Vandals steal conservative paper at University of Georgia
Staff members of the GuardDawg, a conservative student newspaper at the University of Georgia, discovered 1,200 copies of their paper stolen and their distribution bins vandalized last week.
Federal judge dismisses lawsuit filed by student who wrote violent story
A federal judge in Atlanta dismissed last week thelawsuit of a student suspended for writing a violent journal entry, saying thewriting was ''sufficiently disturbing'' to justify the school'sdisciplinary actions.
Access granted
Lawmakers in Massachusetts and Georgia have pushed recently for greater access to campus crime information. A bill before the Massachusetts Legislature would make police departments at private schools in the state that have law enforcement authority subject to open records laws. A Senate vote on the Massachusetts bill has been postponed repeatedly.