MISSOURI -- A federal district court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by three high school students who were punished for wearing Confederate symbols to school.
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Former student sues school district for prohibiting Confederate apparel
A former Farmington High School student is suing the school district claiming that officials violated his First Amendment rights when he was not allowed to wear clothing with the Confederate flag.
College board president orders newspaper to can story
Student reporters at a Missouri community college were surprised to receive ane-mail from the board president demanding they not print an article intoday's paper.
Police seize reporters' photos, notes
Without the backing of professional news organizations, student journalists often find themselves at the mercy of government officials who refuse to treat them as other professional reporters.
Private university's police refuse to release records
The Washington University Police Department told Student Life that because it is an agency of the private university, it is not required to follow the Missouri Sunshine Law.In a letter to editor in chief Jonathan Greenberger, a university official stated, “Washington University ...is not a ‘public governmental body.’ Therefore, the University is not subject to the Missouri Sunshine Law and other laws expressly applicable to public bodies, and the reports you seek are not open to public inspection,” Student Life reported.
College officials trash student publications
Copies of the La Roche Courier were distributed on April 14 and confiscated by college president Monsignor William Kerr three days later -- the same day prospective students and their parents toured the college during an open house.Kerr apparently confiscated the newspapers because of an editorial in the newspaper that advocated teaching students about safe sex, said Nicole Johnson, a student editor of the newspaper.
Jury rules school can punish student for writing story it deemed a threat
Union administrators suspended eighth-grader Allison Pitchford in April 2001 for writing a graphic story at home that she brought to school in which students and teachers were murdered.
Mo. college paper in mediation over cartoon
The editor of a student newspaper at Southwest Missouri State University did not expect an editorial cartoon on Thanksgiving to spark controversy, but a student group’s complaint that the cartoon was discriminatory has landed her in school-sponsored mediation with the group this spring. The newspaper’s adviser, also under fire by the student group, refused to be involved in the mediation process.
Student sues school after being suspended for comment about Columbine on Internet discussion board
The American Civil Liberties Union fileda federal lawsuit Thursday on behalf of a high school studentwho was suspended for a comment he made about school violenceon an Internet discussion board.
Missouri and Florida students sue for right to distribute religious pamphlets on campus
It's not just publications about sex, drugs and rock and roll that pit students against school officials