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Tag: Governors State University

Former editors' case against Governors State administrators dismissed

News
September 28, 2007December 4, 2018 Moriah Balingit

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.

Tagged Governors State University, Illinois, the Phoenix

All quiet on Hosty v. Carter front

Uncategorized
December 1, 2004

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.

Tagged , Governors State University, Illinois, Innovator, reports, Winter 2004-05

On Jan. 8, all eyes on Seventh Circuit

Uncategorized
December 1, 2003

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.

Tagged , Governors State University, Illinois, reports, The Innovator, Winter 2003-04

Battle for college free speech continues

Uncategorized
August 1, 2003

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.

Tagged Fall 2003, Governors State University, Illinois, reports

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