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Tag: newspaper distribution

Community College newspaper has its final issue reinstated, earns letter of support

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May 3, 2017December 4, 2018 Roxann Elliott

A community college in Kansas has walked back, in part, actions taken to restrict its own student newspaper.

Tagged "adviser suspended", Hutchinson Community College, Kansas, newspaper adviser, newspaper distribution, recent-news

Oregon State pays six-figure settlement after confiscating newspaper boxes

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April 3, 2014December 4, 2018 Rex Santus

Oregon State University will pay $101,000 to settle a lawsuit stemming from its disposal of a now-defunct conservative student newspaper’s distribution boxes. Oregon State admitted no fault in the agreement, and the lawsuit was officially dismissed Wednesday.

Tagged newspaper distribution, Oregon, Oregon State University, The Liberty

Independent Florida Alligator proposes compromise in newspaper distribution lawsuit

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November 28, 2012September 5, 2018 Jordan Bradley

The University of Florida's independent student newspaper has suggested a settlement that could end its lawsuit against the university about a proposed policy that would give the school control of newspaper racks on campus.

Tagged Florida, newspaper distribution, The Independent Florida Alligator, University of Florida

Independent student publication's lawsuit against Oregon State officials can proceed, court rules

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October 24, 2012December 4, 2018 Jordan Bradley

A student organization is entitled to a trial to determine if Oregon State University officials violated their rights by removing their newspaper boxes from campus.

Tagged newspaper distribution, Oregon, Oregon State University, The Liberty

Daily Texan newspaper boxes will be allowed outside journalism school

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September 7, 2012September 5, 2018 Bailey McGowan

A plan that didn’t allow newspaper boxes – even for the school’s paper – in front of the University of Texas’ journalism school is going away after public pressure.

Tagged newspaper distribution, Texas, The Daily Texan, University of Texas at Austin

Georgia paper's off-campus newspaper box plan delayed by city of Atlanta

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September 7, 2012September 5, 2018 Jordan Bradley

The Georgia State student newspaper’s attempt to add off-campus newspaper boxes downtown has been delayed by Atlanta officials because the boxes do not comply with the city’s ordinances.

Tagged Georgia, Georgia State University, newspaper distribution, The Signal

Independent Florida Alligator files suit over proposed distribution policy

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August 9, 2012September 5, 2018 Sara Gregory

The University of Florida’s independent student newspaper has filed a lawsuit seeking to halt the university’s plan to replace two dozen of the newspaper’s racks after a months-long negotiation between the two groups failed to produce a compromise.

Tagged Florida, newspaper distribution, The Independent Florida Alligator, University of Florida

U. of Florida plans to remove newspaper racks, charge for space in new ones

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July 19, 2012September 5, 2018 Seth Zweifler

The University of Florida’s independent student newspaper is protesting a change in distribution policy that it believes could have a detrimental effect on readership and First Amendment freedom

Tagged Florida, newspaper distribution, The Independent Florida Alligator, University of Florida

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