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Tag: Minnesota

Superintendent, police investigate gossip Twitter account about Minn. school

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July 20, 2012September 5, 2018 Nikki McGee

School administrators and local police are investigating a Twitter account they say was created by several students and recent graduates of Worthington High School to gossip about classmates.

Tagged Minnesota, social-media use, Worthington High School

Minn. high court: University can discipline student for online cadaver comments

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June 20, 2012December 4, 2018 Seth Zweifler

The Minnesota Supreme Court held Wednesday that public universities can restrict the speech of students in “professional programs” when the program has rules consistent with established professional standards.

Tagged discipline for social-media posts, Minnesota, social media, Tatro v. University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota

Minn. high court weighs online speech rights of college students — again

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April 2, 2012December 4, 2018 Brett Johnson

The Minnesota Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the second time Monday in the case of Tatro v. University of Minnesota, due to the recusal of a justice two weeks after the initial arguments.

Tagged Minnesota, University of Minnesota

Lawsuit claims Minn. school officials demanded sixth-grader's Facebook password

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March 7, 2012December 4, 2018 Emily Summars

TheAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota sued the Minnewaska Area SchoolDistrict on Tuesday, claiming the district violated a student’s constitutionalrights when it punished her for off-campus Facebook posts and demanded herFacebook password.

Tagged Minnesota, Minnewaska Area School District

Minnesota Supreme Court to rule on the off-campus speech rights of college students

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February 8, 2012December 4, 2018 Brett Johnson

TheMinnesota Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case that will set importantprecedent on a public university’s ability to discipline students foroff-campus comments about school activity.

Tagged Minnesota, University of Minnesota

Minn. court upholds punishment of college student for Facebook posts

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July 13, 2011December 4, 2018 Seth Zweifler

Apublic university can punish a student for off-campus speech if the speechsubstantially disrupts university operations, the Minnesota Court of Appealsruled Monday.

Tagged Minnesota, University of Minnesota

Catholic school deletes student's coming out story

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November 17, 2010September 5, 2018 Chelsea Keenan

Administrators at Benilde-St. Margaret's School, a Catholic preparatory school, pulled an editorial and column from the student newspaper's website last week that disagreed with the Catholic Church’s stance on gay marriage.

Tagged Benilde-St. Margaret's School, Minnesota, The Knight-Errant

With new policy in place, Mounds View Viewer resumes publication

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May 3, 2010September 5, 2018 Nicole Ocran

MINNESOTA -- Mounds View High School's student newspaper,the Viewer, has reached a compromise with administrators on theirpublications policy model.

Tagged Minnesota, Mounds View High School, Viewer

High school newspaper halts publication in protest of prior review

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March 12, 2010September 5, 2018 Nicole Ocran

The staff of Mounds View High School's studentnewspaper, The Viewer, has halted publication of the paper until priorreview is lifted from the Mounds View school district.

Tagged Minnesota, Mounds View High School, The Viewer

Students appeal to school board after superintendent asks to prior review publication

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December 18, 2008December 4, 2018 Liz White

Students at Faribault High School in Faribault, Minn., are appealing to their school board after the superintendent shut down the student newspaper Monday.

Tagged Echo, Faribault High School, Minnesota

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