Two libel lawsuits involving student newspapers in Indiana and Minnesota were filed in the past few months, while a court dismissed a libel suit filed against a student paper in Massachusetts.
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Police at 3 private universities block access to arrest records
Harvard University in Massachusetts, Cornell University in New York and Taylor University in Indiana all argued this fall that campus police at each school are not subject to state open-records laws because they are not public agencies.
Notre Dame student paper publishes gay student ad in defiance of administration
With its legendary football and basketball teams struggling, the hottest\nticket in South Bend this year might be to the meetings between the\nObserver, Notre Dame's student newspaper, and university officials.
Story about hazing on Indiana high school football team runs, but only after changes made
When multiple football players and a team trainer at AHS in Avon, Ind., told student reporter Marina Hennessy about "pretty brutal" hazing beatings of freshman and sophomore players by other players during a summer training camp that involved electrical cords and socks stuffed with tennis balls, she knew it was news.
Court rules research records exempt from law
The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled in December that records kept by a state university on animal research are exempt from the state's public records act. Dr. Scott Robinson was denied information on an Indiana University animal research project.