A student journalist at the Indiana University Southeast has filed a complaint with the state seeking access to meetings that determine the allocation of more than $500,000 in annual student activity fees to various student organizations.
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Indiana legislature reconsiders cyberbullying bill
Sitting in an Indiana House committee is a revised and less stringent version of an “anti-cyberbullying” bill that First Amendment advocates helped kill last year.
Proposed Indiana law would fine students for making fake social media profiles of teachers
Two Indiana legislators have introduced a bill that would allow for legal action against students and parents who harass school employees online.
ACLU files new 'boobies' bracelet lawsuit; similar Ind. case settled
TheACLU of Indiana filed a lawsuit against Fort Wayne Community Schools on May 18over an “I (Heart) Boobies” breast cancer awareness bracelet.
Students sue Ind. middle school after being expelled for Facebook comments
Threemiddle school students sued Griffith Public Schools on Tuesday, claiming theirFirst Amendment rights were violated after being expelled for a conversationthey had on Facebook.
600 copies of Butler student paper dumped in trash
Atleast 600 copies of Butler University’s TheButler Collegian were dumped sometime between Wednesday and Thursday.
Ind. senior says he was expelled for tweeting profanity at home
Schooladministrators expelled a 17-year-old high school senior March 12 for tweets heposted from home at 3 a.m.
Amendment turns Ind. off-campus speech bill into a study commission
A billthat would have allowed school officials to punish students for off-campusspeech will instead create a commission to study the issue — but only if theamendment can pass through the Indiana Senate.
Newspaper theft at Southern Indiana may be linked to coverage of student government, Greek community
Atleast 400 copies of The Shieldstudent newspaper went missing Wednesday evening in an apparent newspaper theftat the University of Southern Indiana.
Bill would give Ind. schools broad authority over off-campus activity, speech
A billthat would allow schools to punish students for off-campus activities could seeIndiana students suspended or even expelled for off-campus speech.