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Tag: Winter 1996-97

Rosenberger costly decision for U. Va.

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December 1, 1996

Over a year after the Supreme Court struck down the University of Virginia's attempt to limit funds to a religious student newspaper, the school has recently disclosed the real price of their loss.

Tagged reports, Winter 1996-97

Students claim softball suit censorship

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December 1, 1996

At North Platte High School, staff members of the student newspaper have written editorials about a lawsuit against the school district despite what they say was a gag order on the story.

Tagged reports, Winter 1996-97

Congress takes aim at campus crime

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December 1, 1996

Congress jumped into action last fall, taking up various issues concerning campus crime.

Tagged reports, Winter 1996-97

Quick facts:

Uncategorized
December 1, 1996

By way of the First and 14th Amendments, state-supported universities cannot censor the student press.

Tagged reports, Winter 1996-97

Students lose battle to distribute alternative press

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December 1, 1996

Students in Milwaukee suffered a blow in their censorship battle with high school administrators when a state court ruled in favor of the school's decision to censor the students' underground publication.

Tagged reports, Winter 1996-97

School found in violation of federal law

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December 1, 1996

In September the U.S. Department of Education found Moorhead State University in violation of the federal Campus Security Act, the first time any school has been investigated and found in "non-compliance" with the five-year-old law.

Tagged reports, Winter 1996-97

Politics squeeze newspapers' funding

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December 1, 1996

The Old Dominion University student senate cut the campus newspaper's funding over 96 percent last April amid allegations the action was politically motivated.

Tagged reports, Winter 1996-97

Suspended student settles writing project lawsuit

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December 1, 1996

A student at a Warrenton high school has settled a lawsuit against a school board for violating his constitutional free speech rights when it suspended him for presenting a creative writing assignment to his English class.

Tagged reports, Winter 1996-97

Ohio Supreme Court considers landmark Miami access case

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December 1, 1996

Jennifer Markiewitz, a 1996 graduate of Miami University of Ohio and the former editor in chief of the student newspaper, along with the current editor Emily Herbert are waging a much-watched battle in the journalism community.

Tagged reports, Winter 1996-97

Oversight policy moves through U. of Texas system

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December 1, 1996

A publications policy that could require prior review by school officials over the student newspaper at the University of Texas at Pan American is still working its way through the university system.

Tagged reports, Winter 1996-97

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