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April 11th, 2009

Bills to Allow Concealed Carry on Campus Moving Forward

Legislation is moving forward in Texas and Missouri that would allow concealed carry of handguns by properly registered students on university campuses. Inside Higher Ed reports that the Texas bill appears to have majority support in the House of Representatives, while the Missouri House has already passed its version of the bill.

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By CJ Ciaramella

March 28th, 2009

On the Importance of Newspapers

At a time when the relevancy of newspapers is increasingly being called into question, it’s important to remember what a strong press actually accomplishes, especially at the college level. Believe it or not, all of these “obsolete” newspapers still act as a powerful check on government, and student governments and college administrations would like nothing more than to be free of them.

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By CJ Ciaramella

February 22nd, 2009

WOU Suspends Student For Legal Concealed Carry

Western Oregon University* has suspended a student for having a handgun on campus, even though his concealed handgun license legally permits him to carry a firearm into almost any public building in the state. Showing a clear disregard for the law, WOU proceeded to punish the student even after the criminal charges against him were dropped.

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By CJ Ciaramella

January 21st, 2009

Western Oregon University Censured By College Media Advisers

Western Oregon University has been censured by College Media Advisers, a group representing advisers of student-run publications, after the school fired an adviser and disciplined a student journalist for exposing a serious privacy flaw in its computer systems. From the Chronicle of Higher Ed:

The censure was provoked, the CMA said in a written statement, by the university’s heavy-handed response to the newspaper article. As reported in The Chronicle in 2007, a student, Blair W. Loving, wrote an article explaining that he had accidentally stumbled on a computer file with 100 names of applicants to the university’s College of Education, along with their Social Security numbers.

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By CJ Ciaramella