Explores the educational role of the campus newspaper as an open forum for ideas and opinions from diverse sources and its legal restraints and responsibilities in so doing, as reflected in a review of recent court cases related to the issue. (RS)

Concludes that search warrants should not be issued against the campus press unless there is reason to believe that the newspaper materials will be destroyed or that a subpoena duces tecum is otherwise impractical. (RB)

Discusses the application of the First Amendment to the high school press in recent court decisions, stressing the importance of freedom of expression for high school journalists. (RB)

Describes the steps taken by the University of Southern Mississippi in a recent confrontation with the local district attorney over the contents of a story appearing in the student newspaper. (RB)

This issue of the "Student Press in America Archives List" contains 100 entries on current issues and information, as well as cases involving student press editors, advisers, student media, and the generic subject of the campus press, emphasizing censorship practices and principles. Information concerning how and where to obtain documents of…

Considers the implications of a court decision on administrative censorship of advertising in school newspapers. (RL)

Surveys student newspaper editors regarding censorship and self-censorship. Finds that student editors are not avoiding controversial topics but that they may be approaching such topics more carefully. (SR)

This paper presents an examination of the status, aspirations and some of the myths surrounding the college and university campus student press. Chapters one and two concern the mythmakers and the myth of independence. Chapter three covers assorted myths concerning saving money, selling subscriptions, incorporation, publishers, libel, censorship,…

Examples of recent court decisions involving high school students and school authorities illustrate the current thinking of the courts on the freedom of the student press. (MF)

Cites court cases differentiating between obscenity and vulgarity and defining conditions justifying regulation. Discusses the applicability of these opinions to student publications. (MLF)

The U.S. Supreme Court's "Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier" decision (1988) gave principals new authority to monitor the content of student publications. Since then, the "Student Press Law Center Report," a clearinghouse for aggrieved publication advisers and student editors, has reported censorship problems that never…