TheU.S. Department of Education fined Virginia Tech $55,000 after finding theuniversity in violation of the Clery Act in its response to the 2007 shootingrampage on campus.
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Supreme Court won't hear students' challenge to Va. ban on alcohol ads
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case challenging Virginia's ban on alcohol-related advertising in college newspapers.
Previously censored PE editorial published again
A controversial editorial that caused AlbemarleHigh School administrators to destroy the May edition of the student newspaperhas finally been published.
Va. principal apologizes for controversial 'Body Magic' yearbook ad
The principal at Mount Vernon High School has publiclyapologized for a weight loss product advertisement she placed in theschool's yearbook.
Newspapers containing editorial critical of school's PE program confiscated
Students at Albemarle High School inCharlottesville received the last issue of their newspaper two weeks later thanscheduled after an editorial prompted school officials to destroy the originalcopies.
Agreement ends battle over seized Breeze photos
James Madison University's student newspaper,The Breeze, and the Rockingham County Commonwealth's Attorneyannounced an agreement today that will put an end to a legal battle overphotographs seized by police officers.
Yearbook 'confessions' prompt Va. principal to demand reprinting
The principal of Massaponax High School in Fredericksburg isordering that all 2009-2010 yearbooks be reprinted before the school yearconcludes after anonymous 'confessions' that mentioned sexualbehavior and drug use were published in the book.
Court restores Va. ban on alcohol ads in college newspapers
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 this month that the Virginia regulation that prohibits college publications from printing alcohol advertisements does not violate the students' First Amendment rights.
Student, professional newspapers respond to JMU newsroom search
In a public show of solidarity, several professional andstudent newspapers published editorials this week admonishing the behavior ofthe Harrisonburg Police Department and the Commonwealth's Attorney MarshaGarst toward the James Madison University newspaper, The Breeze, lastweek.
Photos seized by police at JMU held pending negotiations
The photographs seized on Friday from the newsroom ofJames Madison University's student newspaper, The Breeze, by theRockingham Commonwealth's Attorney are being held pending furthernegotiations.