The U.S. District Court in Chicago dismissed a suit Sept. 11 filed by two former student journalists who claimed administrators at Governors State University deliberately impeded their ability to publish the campus newspaper, the Phoenix, and violated their First Amendment rights.
All quiet on Hosty v. Carter front
College media advocates have been on the edge of their seats since January 2004 awaiting a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Hosty v. Carter -- a ruling that was expected months ago.
On Jan. 8, all eyes on Seventh Circuit
When the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit meets on Jan. 8 to hear Hosty v. Carter, it will make a ruling that could drastically reduce the rights of college journalists.
Battle for college free speech continues
Celebrations over a ruling that upheld college journalists’ rights came to a halt in June when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit threw out its earlier pro-college press decision regarding the Governors State University newspaper and decided to rehear the case.