Fairfield University: Harassment Charge and Funding Threat Against Student Newspaper
Category: Due Process
FIRE letter to Fairfield U. President Jeffrey P. von Arx
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Harassment Charges Against Fairfield University Student Paper Dropped, But Questions Remain about Freedom of Student Press
December 11, 2009
A two-month controversy following the publication of a column in the Fairfield University student newspaper The Mirror has finally come to an end now that harassment charges against the paper have been dropped following mediation between The Mirror and four Fairfield students. The students and The Mirror are content with the outcome, and the discussion sparked by the column may even result in increased protections for the paper. Achieving this amicable outcome, however, involved troubling means and risks setting a dangerous precedent for freedom of the press at Fairfield. As we wrote last month on The Torch, the controversy began […]
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