Some community members are asking for an investigation of the yearbook adviser at Lenoir City High School, after the 2012 book included an article about an openly gay student.
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Tenn. school censors student's atheism editorial, says it would be distracting
Ahigh school student in a predominantly Christian town has had her atheism editorialcensored, with her superintendent claiming the column would pose “academicchallenges” to the school district.
Vanderbilt student radio station sold, pulled off the air hours later
The airwaves of thenation’s “Music City” are operating without a 58-year-old staple.
Future of Vanderbilt student radio station unclear
The decision whether to sell the broadcast license forVanderbilt University's student radio station has been put on hold.
ACLU files suit against 2 Tenn. school districts for filtering pro-LGBT Web sites
One Tennessee school district being sued for blocking access to Web sites with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender content while allowing students to view anti-gay sites has unfiltered the content this week.
Tennessee State bans JuicyCampus from campus servers
A popular, controversial Web site has been bannedfrom Tennessee State University servers in Nashville, Tenn., making it the firststate-funded university to impose a ban on the Web site.
Former high school football players appeal to Supreme Court
Four student athletes who were kicked off their high school football team after circulating a petition critical of their coach filed an appeal Friday for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case.
Appeals court denies rehearing for Tenn. football players who petitioned against coach
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals deniedfull-court review to four former Jefferson County High School football playerswho were kicked off the team after petitioning against their coach.
Vanderbilt editor fired over fabricated poll results
Members of the Vanderbilt Student Communications Board voted Tuesday to fire the editor in chief of the student newspaper for falsifying information in a Feb. 8 article.
Court backs Tenn. high school that kicked students off football team
TENNESSEE -- The First Amendment rights of four high school football players were not infringed when they were kicked off the team after petitioning against the coach, a three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday.