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Tag: Kentucky

Editor, adviser drop case against alleged newspaper thieves

News
November 13, 2006September 5, 2018 Karla Yeh

An editor and adviser have complied with a university president’s request to drop charges against three students who allegedly stole approximately 7,000 copies of the Morehead State University student newspaper in October 2005.

Tagged Kentucky, Morehead State University, The Trail Blazer

University uses MySpace.com profile to expel gay student

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April 12, 2006September 5, 2018 Allison Retka

Acollege student expelled Thursday by his university for writing he is gay onhis MySpace.com profile has threatened a lawsuit against theschool.

Tagged Kentucky, University of Cumberlands

Opinion says alleged rape suspect's name should have been public record

News
March 15, 2006September 5, 2018 Allison Retka

Thestate attorney general has ruled that police in Lexington were wrong to withholdthe name of a former University of Kentucky basketball player who wasinvestigated but never charged for an alleged rape at a university residencehall.

Tagged Kentucky, University of Kentucky

Foundations pushed to open

Uncategorized
September 1, 2005

It's a question both sides think they know the answer to and one both sides hope the state's supreme court will take up soon: Are the names of individual donors to public university foundations public under the state open records law?

Tagged , Fall 2005, Iowa, Iowa State University, Kentucky, open records, reports, The Courier-Journal, University of Louisville

Open and shut

Uncategorized
May 1, 2005

With frequent tuition hikes and steep taxes comes a desire from thoseconcerned with the use of tax dollars to know how money is allocated at publicuniversities across the country.

Tagged , Colorado, Iowa, Iowa State University, Kansas, Kentucky, open records, reports, Spring 2005, University of Colorado, University of Kansas, University of Louisville

School kills policy of blocking victims' names

Uncategorized
December 1, 2004

The state attorney general squashed a short-lived policy created by the University of Kentucky to black out victims' names on police incident reports, saying it violated the state's open-records law.

Tagged , Kentucky, Kentucky Kernel, reports, Winter 2004-05

Appeals court votes to rehear Kentucky State Univ. censorship case

News
November 30, 1999

The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appealsvoted yesterday to grant a rehearing before a full panel of appellatejudges in the Kentucky State University yearbook and newspapercensorship case.

Tagged , Kentucky, Kentucky State University

Students await word on rehearing in Kentucky State University case

Uncategorized
October 1, 1999

A decision is expected by early November on whether a full panel of judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit will rehear the Kentucky State University yearbook and newspaper censorship case.

Tagged , censorship, Kentucky, Kentucky State University, legal-alerts

Broad coalition asks appeals court to reconsider censorship decision

News
September 23, 1999

CINCINNATI -- Two Kentucky State University students askedyesterday that the full panel of judges sitting on the U.S.

Tagged , Kentucky, Kentucky State University

Judges Listen to Arguments in Kincaid v. Gibson

News
April 1, 1999

A three-judge panel heard arguments March 18 in the Kentucky State University yearbook and newspaper censorship case.

Tagged , Kentucky, Kentucky State University

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