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Tag: Spring 2007

Incident highlights importance of Clery Act

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May 1, 2007September 5, 2018 Jared Taylor

By Jared TaylorAfter University of Tampaofficials had failed to notify students and the student newspaper about a rapereported on campus, the university is reviewing its crime reporting proceduresto ensure they are in accordance with federal statutes.

Tagged reports, Spring 2007

University of Texas eliminating prior review

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May 1, 2007September 5, 2018 Brian Hudson

Every school night for more than 35 years, The Daily Texan had to make a detour on its way to the printer. Before a single drop of ink met newsprint, an adviser was required to comb through every word in the newspaper, searching for any legal gaffes editors might have let slip by.

Tagged reports, Spring 2007

Legislation targets 'cyberbullies'

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May 1, 2007September 5, 2018 Jared Taylor

State lawmakers across the country are introducing bills intended to curtail bullying in schools via text messaging and the Internet, but critics charge that the legislation could trample students’ rights to free expression.

Tagged reports, Spring 2007

Grambling State University implements prior review

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May 1, 2007September 5, 2018 Jared Taylor

After a semester that saw Grambling State University administrators shut down and reinstate the student newspaper, the student editor in chief says the weekly publication’s operations have resumed without conflict, and now wonders if the paper’s battle was all “for nothing.”

Tagged reports, Spring 2007

Academic freedom legislation could tie professor's tongues, and student rights, opponents argue

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May 1, 2007September 5, 2018 Jared Taylor

A sweep of legislation from Arizona to Massachusetts aims to reshape the principles of academic freedom, which some say could limit free expression on campus.

Tagged reports, Spring 2007

SPLC announces new student program, online Podcasts

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May 1, 2007

Support the Student Press Law Center by participating in a new program to defend student voices.

Tagged reports, Spring 2007

Newspaper thefts level off

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May 1, 2007September 5, 2018 Brian Hudson

Liz Zelinksi could not ignore the strikingly high number: In just a few months, editorial staffs at more than a dozen college newspapers woke up to find distribution boxes inexplicably empty, just hours after they were circulated.

Tagged newspaper theft, reports, 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

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