ARLINGTON, Va. -- Editors at the University ofWisconsin-Milwaukee's UWM Post filed suit today challenging theircollege's claim that any document that identifies a student - eventhe recording of a student's voice speaking at a public committee meeting- is a confidential "educational record" that cannot bereleased under Wisconsin's public-records law.
The Post and its former editor-in-chief, JonathanAnderson, filed suit today in Milwaukee County Circuit Court, seeking adeclaration that the records sought by the Post are covered by theWisconsin Open Records Law.