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Tag: Winter 1996-97

Student photographer beats subpoena, keeps unpublished pictures

Uncategorized
December 1, 1996

The free press rights of student journalists have benefited from a short-lived legal battle over the unpublished photographs of a crime scene.

Tagged reports, Winter 1996-97

Editors, housing board settle suit over ad

Uncategorized
December 1, 1996

A community housing board in Honolulu has settled its complaint that a student newspaper violated a federal housing law by discriminating against certain groups in the paper's classified advertising space.

Tagged reports, Winter 1996-97

Tax law will open private school doors

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December 1, 1996

resident Clinton signed into law significant tax code revisions late last summer that will make it easier for students at private schools to get access to their institution's tax returns.

Tagged reports, Winter 1996-97

Former student wins suit over RFK photos

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December 1, 1996

A former high school student photographer was awarded over $400,000 in August by a Los Angeles jury that found the city negligent in not giving back photographs confiscated by police after Robert F. Kennedy's assassination.

Tagged reports, Winter 1996-97

Tobacco advertisers say ban could affect student journalism

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December 1, 1996

The struggle between tobacco interests and federal regulators has put students in the middle of what has become a heated First Amendment debate over tobacco advertising.

Tagged reports, Winter 1996-97

Professional paper wages war in Iowa

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December 1, 1996

A first-of-its-kind lawsuit to determine whether open records laws apply to student newspapers was scheduled to begin hearings in December.

Tagged reports, Winter 1996-97

Portland student loses camera

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December 1, 1996

Unidentified "security men" confiscated a University of Portland photographer's camera and film in September as he took pictures of U.S. Senate candidate Tom Bruggere.

Tagged reports, Winter 1996-97

Story on gay teen life sparks controversy

Uncategorized
December 1, 1996

The editor of a student newspaper in Colorado Springs who authored a story about gay youth has seen a backlash of local and administrative protest, including a push by some to revise the district's student publications guidelines.

Tagged reports, Winter 1996-97

Illinois tuition waivers scandal prompts challenge in court, change in state law

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December 1, 1996

Universities, courts and the state legislature are locked in an access struggle involving political patronage and school scholarships.

Tagged reports, Winter 1996-97

Law student banned from reporting

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December 1, 1996

A University of Miami honor court has disciplined a student newspaper editor for possessing confidential school records and attempting to write a story on affirmative action.

Tagged reports, Winter 1996-97

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