The dispute between The Electron staff at Franklin Community High School and their principal --who wanted to enact a prior review policy after a January newspaper spread onsex --was resolved Wednesday.
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Ind. high school student punished for calling administrator an 'ass' on Facebook
A West Lafayette High School sophomore said she andseveral other students were punished last week after criticizing anadministrator on a Facebook group site.
Ousted adviser of high school paper finds new home at private school
INDIANA -- In a new school where she will launch a fledgling newspaper, Amy Sorrell can finally put behind her a battle against school officials sparked by an editorial suggesting tolerance for gay people.
Committee, editor clash over police report for stolen papers
The Student Publications Committee and editors of The Shield, the University of Southern Indiana’s student newspaper, are clashing over how a recent case of newspaper theft should be handled.
Two Indiana papers have homecoming week issues stolen
Officials at two Indiana universities are investigating separate cases of newspaper theft that occurred during the schools’ respective homecoming festivities.
Court rules newspaper can not have access to Bob Knight records
A state court ruled last month that the Indianapolis Star could not have access to Indiana University records pertaining to the investigation of former basketball coach Bob Knight because the records were protected by attorney-client privilege.
Editorials under attack
Students around the country have their viewpoints silenced every year, and the 2005-06 school year was no exception. In Illinois, Indiana and Utah students faced efforts to prevent them from speaking their minds on topics such as immigration reform, homosexuality and sexually transmitted disease.
Yearbook photos of students breaking law upset parents, superintendent
Trevor Shirley expected to get some reaction when his high schoolyearbook published photos of studentslighting a marijuana pipe anddrinking alcohol, but not the“city-wide hot topic” he said it has become.
Generation disconnect
Perhaps the oral sex article would have raised awareness and maybe even spurred conversations between parents and kids (which could have been fodder for its own embarrassing moments issue). But that article has been censored on two separate occasions.
After police refuse to investigate, colleges reprimand thieves
Every year, many newspaper thieves go unpunished because local and campus authorities cannot locate a suspect, or because they choose not to investigate the incident.