Less than a month after the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding the right to make false claims, North Carolina has made it illegal for students to make fake social media profiles mocking school administrators.
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Appeals court: Private college police not covered by N.C. open records law
Privateuniversity police departments in North Carolina are not subject to the state’sopen records law, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
ECU, former student media director reach financial settlement
A $31,200 settlement hasbeen reached between East Carolina University and its former student mediadirector, who was fired in January in the wake of a full-frontal streaker photoin the student newspaper he advised.
East Carolina fires newspaper adviser in wake of 'streaker' controversy
East Carolina University fired its student media director Wednesday, two monthsafter the newspaper he advised published a controversial front-page photo of astreaker.
Copies of 'streaker' issue at East Carolina reported stolen
When the editorial board of the East Carolinian decided to print a full-frontal picture of a streaker, the front-page photo courted controversy – and apparently multiple instances of newspaper theft.
N.C. State fires well-known journalism adviser
BradleyWilson, the coordinator of student media advising at North Carolina StateUniversity, was fired this month after holding the position since December2002.
N.C. judge rules against student reporter seeking campus police records
A state court judge ruled Monday that ElonUniversity provided adequate information to a former student in response to hispublic records requests, avoiding a direct ruling on whether state publicrecord laws apply to campus police at private universities.
College student punished for Facebook post sues St. Augustine's
On May 2, a day after his peers walked across a stage and were recognized for completing their degree programs, Roman Caple drove to St. Augustine College’s administration building. He was stopped at the security booth where a campus police officer handed him his graduation regalia and his degree through his car window. He signed that he received them and was told to turn around and leave campus.
Student publication pulled from orientation bags at N.C. State
Atunnel celebrating freedom of expression is at the center of a controversy overfreedom of the press at North Carolina State University.
UPDATED: Appeals court won't stop release of UNC athletic records
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has released hundreds of pages of athletic documents and media outlets are in the process of reviewing them.