A public school's authority to discipline studentsfor what they say or write "must necessarily be limited to the metes andbounds of school itself," an attorney for a Connecticut student told afederal appeals court today, during arguments in a First Amendment casechallenging a school's authority to punish speech on an off-campusblog.
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N.Y. college must pay $20,000 in settlement over discrepancies in campus crime statistics
A private New York college will have to pay the state $20,000 as well as reform its crime reporting policies as part of a settlement made with the state attorney general's office on June 12.
Student files defamation lawsuit against former classmates, Facebook over online comments
A teenager is suing Facebook and four former classmates for defamation, claiming comments posted on the popular social networking site were intended to cause her "public hatred, ridicule and disgrace."
Principal removes 'black' from student's senior yearbook page
An issue with a student's yearbook page at Cuba-Rushford Central School, in Cuba, N.Y., is more than just black or white after her principal told her to change some words on the page.
FIRE warns multiple universities that political speech bans could be unconstitutional
New York -- The Foundation for Individual Rights inEducation created a political activity policy for colleges and universities toabide by in response to a string of complaints accusing colleges across thecountry of silencing student and faculty political expression.
Libel suit against Cornell newspaper dismissed
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed aCornell University graduate's $1 million lawsuit that claimed a campusnewspaper libeled him in a 1983 article that linked him to burglary and theftcharges.
Charles O'Malley, 93, longtime scholastic journalism supporter
Charles O'Malley, a former director of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association and for decades one of the nation's leading advocates for the advancement of student journalism, died Wednesday on the opening day of the association's 84th annual convention. He was 93.
Supreme Court rejects student government election case
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review a2007 appellate court ruling that said student government officials could not besued for violating student journalists' First Amendment rights.
Student papers stolen at SUNY-Brockport
More than 2,000 copies of the Feb. 6 edition of thestudent paper at the State University of New York at Brockport were stolen overa period of five days.
N.Y. student punished for wearing pro-gay T-shirt gets apology
The Spencer-Van Etten Central School Districtagreed to make a public statement supporting students' right to wear T-shirtswith controversial messages, satisfying demands made by civil libertiesadvocates after a student was punished for wearing a shirt supporting gayrights.