In last month's Legal Alert, the wrong date was used in the case citation for the story "Calif. judge cites anti-SLAPP law in dismissal of libel suit against student newspaper." The correct citation is Reyes v.
Tag: Winter 2001-02
Government uses anti-terrorism law to press colleges for student records
WASHINGTON, D.C. ' The U.S.A. Patriot Act, a comprehensive anti-terrorism bill spurred by the events of Sept.
Supreme Court weighs online protection act
WASHINGTON, D.C. ' The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Nov. 28 regarding the constitutionality of the Child Online Protection Act.
The government appealed after the U.S.
Maine newspaper gains access to police log
MAINE ' The Free Press, University of Southern Maine's newspaper, was granted access to campus police records after threatening the university with a lawsuit.
In previous years, The Free Press was given access to a special 'Clery Act notebook' said to include all criminal activity on campus.
President not amused by sexy drink specials
CONNECTICUT ' Central Connecticut State University President Richard Judd opened his copy of the student newspaper, The Recorder, one September morning and read on page 10, 'How does having Sex on the Beach or an Orgasm sound?'
Judd did not think the advertisement referencing two popular drink names served at a local eatery, Elmer's, was appropriate.
DJ quits after guest burns flag on Emory U. radio
A disc jockey for Emory University's student radio station quit after an American flag was burned in the studio during her show, and the guest responsible for the act was assaulted following the broadcast.
Courts limit online freedom at colleges
Three court cases this winter addressed the contentious issue of Internet freedoms and liability on the nation's college campuses.
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled in October that a former professor at the University of Evansville had acted as a 'cyberpredator' through the use of his e-mail and Web pages.
The court's decision in Felsher v.
Crime reports probed at 4 schools
The U.S. Department of Education is conducting investigations at four colleges that allegedly failed to properly report crime statistics as required by law.
The DOE visited St.
N.Y. paper told not to run rival college’s ads
NEW YORK ' The Tangerine, the student newspaper at Utica College, was told directly by the college's president not to run an advertisement for a competing educational institution in September.
SUNY Institute of Technology, another college in Utica, paid to advertise its fall open house in The Tangerine. The ad infuriated Utica President Todd Hutton, who sent an e-mail to the paper's faculty adviser, Kim Landon, telling her not to publish similar ads in the future.
'This is absolutely inexcusable,' Hutton wrote.
Colleges weigh freedoms vs. patriotism
A number of college professors and staff members were censored for comments they made regarding the Sept.