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Tag: Spring 1997

Principal blocks anti-violence editorial

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May 1, 1997

The principal at Copperas Cove High School stopped distribution of the November issue of The Blue Beacon because of an editorial urging students, "Don't be fighting, be polite." His reason? He didn't want students portrayed in a negative light to the community.

Tagged reports, Spring 1997

Community college anti-harassment code rejected by Supreme Court, is 'too vague'

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May 1, 1997

The U.S. Supreme Court this March let stand a lower court's ruling that rejected a California community college's anti-sexual harassment policy for being unconstitutionally vague.

Tagged reports, Spring 1997

Virginia 'butt-licking' suit dismissed

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May 1, 1997

A judge has dismissed a libel lawsuit brought by a Virginia Tech administrator against the student newspaper, holding that a story identifying the administrator as the "Director of Butt Licking" was not defamatory.

Tagged reports, Spring 1997

Principal rejects news story about himself

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May 1, 1997

An existing prior review policy at McCallum High School in Austin had never been an issue before surfacing in December.

Tagged reports, Spring 1997

Proposed bill would require racial quotas for college student publications

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May 1, 1997

Rep. Ron Wilson reintroduced a bill last August that would require state university student publications staffs and editorial boards to reflect the racial make-up of the state, regardless of the racial make-up of their school.

Tagged reports, Spring 1997

Judge finds editorial not defamatory, dismisses libel suit against newspaper

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May 1, 1997

A judge recently dismissed a libel lawsuit filed by an attorney against The Temple News.

Tagged reports, Spring 1997

Court approves 'review only' policy for underground student publications

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May 1, 1997

A federal district court in Indiana ruled last July that a public elementary school policy that requires students to submit a copy of non-school-sponsored material to school officials for review prior to distribution did not constitute an illegal prior restraint because the policy did not "permit or require [school officials] to 'approve' the distribution."

Tagged reports, Spring 1997

Editor, adviser removed after printing photos

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May 1, 1997

Officials at Jacksonville University removed student editor Angie Koury and faculty adviser Marc Charisse after The Navigator published a risque photograph of a male beauty pageant.

Tagged reports, Spring 1997

Student sues over photography mix-up

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May 1, 1997

A student has sued the editor in chief of the student newspaper at Southwest Missouri State University after the paper mistakenly published a photograph of him, pulled from the university's media guide, with an article about another student accused of sexual assault.

Tagged reports, Spring 1997

States propose student press protections

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May 1, 1997

Six states have passed student free expression legislation to restore free speech protections in the wake of restrictions set by the Supreme Court in the 1988 Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier decision, and six more have introduced similar bills this session.

Tagged reports, Spring 1997

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