A residence hall at South Dakota State University went on lockdown for about 45 minutes earlier this month, but student journalists say campus police have stymied their attempts to obtain and report any additional details about the incident.
Student paper decides to stop lawsuit seeking access to presidential candidate interviews
The South Dakota State University Collegian has voluntarily halted its lawsuit seeking a permanent injunction against the university’s board of regents because the presidential candidate interviews it sought to open have been completed.
South Dakota judge orders meetings open
A judge ordered Wednesday that student journalists should be allowed to sit in on interviews with a school’s presidential candidates after the board of regents attempted to have the meetings closed to all media.
Paper must turn over unpublished photographs, judge says
A circuit court judge recently ordered South Dakota State University'sstudent newspaper to turn over unpublished photographs taken during a poweroutage on campus last fall.