A federal judge upheld a Virginia ban on advertisements for alcohol in college papers last week, finding that the government’s goal in fighting underage drinking outweighs newspapers’ First Amendment right to publish alcohol advertising.
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Virginia Tech, UVA papers continue to fight ban on alcohol ads
A legal challenge to Virginia’s ban on alcohol-related advertisements in college publications is still brewing.
Court: Voter registration applications must be made public
Voter registration applications are public documents, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
Email exchange between school board members not a public meeting, Va. high court rules
The exchange of emails by members of the Fairfax County School Board did not constitute a public meeting under Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act, the state Supreme Court ruled June 7.
Questions linger after charges dropped against UVA editor
Whilehonor code charges against the editor of the University of Virginia’s studentnewspaper were dropped this week, student journalists remain concerned abouttheir publication’s independence.
Va. university won't press charges after newspapers stolen
Adisgruntled Christopher Newport University student allegedly resorted tonewspaper theft, confronting and informing a staff member about the theft onher way to the racks and boasting about it on Facebook.
UVA student editors face charges after disclosing reporter's plagiarism
Onestudent reporter’s alleged plagiarism led to formal university charges againstfive editors at the University of Virginia.
Appeals court backs school punishment for W.Va. student's MySpace group
Students can be punished at school for their Internet postings, even if made off campus, a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.
Christopher Newport backs off plans to cut funding for printed student newspaper
Administrators at Christopher Newport University in Newport News,Va., have backed off a proposal to eliminate funding for theprint edition of the Captain’s Log, theschool’s student newspaper.
Proposal would cut all funding for printed newspaper at Va. university
The print edition ofthe Captain’s Log, the student newspaper at Christopher NewportUniversity in Newport News, Va., could soon be no more.