The newspaper adviser at Big Spring High Schoolresigned May 28 after the principal pulled the last issue of the paper, whichincluded an editorial advocating the legalization of marijuana.
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No charges filed in Texas newspaper theft
No criminal charges will be filed in connectionwith the Feb. 25 theft of copies of the The East Texan, the studentnewspaper at Texas A&M University Commerce.
Proposal suggests cutting print version of student newspaper
As part of a university-wide effort to "go green,"members of the Student Congress at University of Texas at Arlington haveproposed a plan that if passed could result in a loss of revenue and readers forthe university's student newspaper.
Texas' attorney general asked to order release of police reports
An attorney for the student editor at BrookhavenCollege asked Texas' attorney general Wednesday to order the immediate andcomplete release of campus police incident reports that were withheld from thestudent newspaper for several weeks, then belatedly released in incompleteform.
University of Texas refuses student newspaper's records request for student government e-mails
The University of Texas at Austin denied student journalists' public records requests for e-mails between student government officials, citing the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
Texas lawmaker proposes bill to protect college student speech
A Texas lawmaker's bill aimed to protect student speech at Texas colleges reached the Higher Education Committee of the state's legislature last Thursday.
High school principal cites FERPA, Hazelwood to remove story from student publication
An article written for last month's student newspaper at Cypress Ridge High School, in Houston, Texas, never made it past the desk of the Principal Claudio Garcia.
Newspaper estimates loss of $2,750 after 3,500 copies of paper stolen
When the student newspaper at the University ofTexas El Paso, the Prospector, ran a front-page story about theself-dethroned homecoming queen, who was alleged to be a former exotic dancer,it had no way of predicting a loss of more than 3,500 papers and $2,750.
Student turns self in for stealing over 1,300 newspapers
The Texas Christian University student who thought thestudent newspaper, the Daily Skiff, is better recycled than read awaitsjudgment from the university's judicial review board after dumping morethan 1,300 copies of the newspaper in recycling bins around campus.
Texas high school says Myspace, Facebook 'ban' was coach's mistake
Northside Independent School District officials in SanAntonio quickly knocked down a verbal policy a local high school coach instilledduring a volleyball-parent orientation meeting last week.