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Tag: Spring 2007

A column advocating tolerance for homosexuality turned adviser Amy Sorrell's year upside down

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May 1, 2007September 5, 2018 Erica Hudock

When Megan Chase wrote her first opinion column, calling for tolerance of homosexuality, she never imagined it would trigger a war that would take the job of her newspaper adviser.

Tagged reports, Spring 2007

Censorship case becomes open meetings suit

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May 1, 2007September 5, 2018 Erica Hudock

Many aspiring journalists learn about press censorship laws in a textbook or the national news, but students at Danbury High School witnessed it live when their newspapers were locked up and they were locked out of a public school board meeting.

Tagged reports, Spring 2007

Morse v. Frederick's last stand

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May 1, 2007September 5, 2018 Erica Hudock

He was rushing to school that January morning after digging his car out of 10 inches of accumulated snow and ice. Somehow, his car started despite the below-zero temperatures. No matter, it was not the tardy bell he was worried about; he just wanted to make it to town in time for the parade.

Tagged reports, Spring 2007

'Bong Hits' decision could curb student expression

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May 1, 2007September 5, 2018 Brian Hudson

Nearly 40 years have passed since Mary Beth Tinker first entered the vaunted halls of the U.S. Supreme Court. Since then, the plaintiff in the landmark student expression case Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District has heard her name invoked countless times as the gold standard protecting students’ free expression rights.

Tagged reports, Spring 2007

Privacy law strikes at heart of newspapers

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May 1, 2007September 5, 2018 Brian Hudson

When Patrick Esfeller, a junior at Louisiana State University, learned he was under investigation from school administrators, he says his feelings quickly moved from shock to outrage.

Tagged reports, Spring 2007

Criminal libel laws battled out West

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May 1, 2007September 5, 2018 Jared Taylor

A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of claims made in a lawsuit that challenged the state’s criminal libel statute that was filed by a former University of Northern Colorado student.

Tagged reports, Spring 2007

A culture of open records

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May 1, 2007September 5, 2018 Jared Taylor

This spring, the SPLC celebrated Sunshine Week, an annual event that encourages organizations to promote open government Although Sunshine Week is celebrated in March, advocates and journalists agree that open government should be an everyday occurrence.

Tagged reports, Spring 2007

Open records season

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May 1, 2007

Click here for the updated legal guide

Tagged reports, Spring 2007

Student free expression proposals sweep legislatures from coast to coast, some survive, but others meet an early end

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May 1, 2007September 5, 2018 Erica Hudock

Claire Lueneburg and Sara Eccleston were just seniors at Everett High School when they filed a federal lawsuit against their school.

Tagged reports, Spring 2007

Discretionary searches

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May 1, 2007September 5, 2018 Jared Taylor

College and universities looking for new leadership insist that secrecy is the only way to attract the best candidates.

Tagged reports, Spring 2007

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