Charges brought against a high school student newspaper adviser accused of being disrespectful by school administrators because she supported student press freedom were dropped in mid-November.
Tag: Winter 1998-99
Court says students can refuse to pay for 'political' expression
A federal appellate court has ruled that students have the right to refuse to fund "political or ideological" student groups whose views are at odds with their own.
Who will teach the "teachers?"
Emboldened, perhaps, by their seeming omnipotence, some school officials in the post-Hazelwood era have trained their sights on new ground.
Yearbook memorial approved after controversy
When Meadville Area High School student Brooke Kneeland died of leukemia last May, friends wanted to pay tribute to her by placing an ad with her picture and two poems in the school's yearbook.
Explicit rap song finally leads to FCC fine
A New York university was issued a $4,200 fine by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for playing a sexually explicit rap song over the airwaves of its student-run radio station.
Corrections
A story on page 8 of the Spring 1998 issue of the SPLC Reportnrelated the story of Midwestern State University newspaper editornJason Lawrence, who was verbally threatened by an athlete at thenschool after the newspaper published a cartoon critical of thenteam's performance.
Television policy controversy continues
chool officials at Blair High School who pulled a controversial student-produced television show more than two years ago are still in the process of developing broadcast regulations and guidelines.
Conservative paper regains recognition
It would take more than the arguments of a conservative student newspaper to win back status as a recognized student publication.
A new day in the battle for access
The fight to give the public moreaccess to campus crime information got a shot in the arm afterCongress passed 1998 amendments to the Higher Education Act.
Student suspended from newspaper after editorial slams footballsquad
If writing for a newspaper was considered a football game, Joseph Oladiji would have to dig deep in his playbook repertoire to figure out his next plan of attack.