When Erin Cooper-Baize filed a public records request at Tarleton State University requesting on-campus police reports, she never anticipated it would land her alma mater a $110,000 fine six years later for failing to report a number of crimes occurring from 2003 to 2005.
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Thieves dump 250 copies of Texas college paper
About 250 copies of the student newspaper The Ranger were stolen from racks at San Antonio College on April 18.
University of Texas student media director forced out
Thestudent media director at the University of Texas was forced to resign earlierthis month after seven months on the job.
Editor: Hundreds of newspapers stolen at Texas A&M-Kingsville
Littlemore than a year after a similar incident on its sister campus, the staff of The South Texan at Texas A&M atKingsville is reeling from the theft of nearly 400 newspapers.
Sam Houston State social media policy sparks controversial protest
SamHouston State University’s recent attempt to corral school-affiliated socialmedia pages was met with concern over students’ free speech rights, spawningcontroversial protests on campus and a Wednesday “Liberty in Peril” event.
Southern Methodist pulls story about transparency from newspaper's orientation issue
Students andadministrators at Southern Methodist University are at odds over the removal ofan opinion piece from The Daily Campus, SMU’s student newspaper.
Advisory board: Firing of UT-Tyler adviser not a First Amendment issue
Students and administrators at the University of Texas atTyler remain at odds over the sudden firing of Vanessa Curry, long-timeadviser to the Patriot Talon.
Texas adviser 'reassigned,' administrator watching newspaper class after year of controversy
The student newspaper adviser at Alvin High School has been reassigned and an assistant principal is sitting in on each period of the newspaper class. The move follows months of controversy over the content of The Clarion and claims of censorship by student editors.
Adviser, in need of brain surgery, suddenly fired at UT-Tyler
The studentnewspaper adviser at the University of Texas at Tyler was fired Friday, leavingher without insurance for her upcoming brain surgery.
Fate of Texas A&M system's controversial records policy uncertain
The top lawyer for the Texas A&M University System may be ready to recommend changing a controversial public records policy that is under fire from media organizations, the president of a state open government group said Thursday.