Officials at North Central University dismissed two editors at thestudent newspaper last week after they refused to let administrators readcontent before publication.
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April Fools' spoof leads to temporary shutdown of student paper's Web site
The online April Fools' Day edition of Hamline University's studentnewspaper upset alumni and people affiliated with the Navy SEALs, which resultedin university officials temporarily shutting down the site lastweek.
Minnesota bill would keep secret future searches for university presidents
The selection process for the presidency of the University of Minnesota would beclosed to the public if a new bill pending in the state Legislature passes.
Students punished for 'dark' writing
Creative writing assignments and personal journals have become an object of concern for many administrators who fear that works which are "dark" or contain violent images are actually threats by students.
Band's security guards seize photojournalist's memory card
Ching Fung had worked for the student newspaper at St. Cloud State University for less than a year when the popular, Grammy Award-winning rock band Evanescence came to town.
Libel suits burden three student papers
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.
School cuts pro-gay club from yearbook
The principal said allowing the Gay Straight Alliance to be in the Rebelation would violate an Anoka-Hennepin Independent School District policy that requires the school to “take a neutral stance on homosexuality.”
Minnesota passes shield law
More than two years ago a tearful Michelle Ames, then-editor of the University of Minnesota's student newspaper, stood in front of Hennepin County District Judge John Stanoch and said she would not comply with a court order to turn over unpublished negatives taken of a fight on campus.
First Campus Security Act complaint filed
A former student at Moorhead State University has filed the first official complaint under the Campus Security Act of 1990, prompting a potentially precedent-setting investigation by the Department of Education.