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GVSU Settles Free Speech Lawsuit

Grand Valley State University has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit that said the university unfairly restricted free speech on campus. Student group “Turning Point USA at Grand Valley State University” was critical of the school’s Free Speech Zone Policy in its December lawsuit for limiting expressive activity to “speech zones” and requiring students to gain prior …



First Amendment Lawsuit Settled With Speech Code Revisions on 10 Arizona Campuses

Yesterday, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) announced that a lawsuit it filed on behalf of two Paradise Valley Community College students last year has been settled—with great results for students at PVCC and the other nine colleges of the Maricopa County Community College District in Arizona. As part of the settlement , MCCCD will eliminate free speech zones on all …


Lawsuit Claims Rampant Violence, Crime at Savannah State

The family of a Savannah State student, mourning the loss of their son. Now that family is looking for answers- and someone to pay for what they call negligence. That’s why they, along with the victim of another SSU shooting, have filed a lawsuit, which names the school, but is targeted at the people they say are responsible.


Missouri Attorney General Backs Professor in Lawsuit

The Missouri Attorney General’s Office has filed a lawsuit against the University of Missouri Board of Curators in support of a university law professor’s challenge to the campus firearms ban. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Boone County, Andrew Hirth, deputy general counsel for Attorney General Chris Koster, wrote that the campus ban on guns conflicts with state law.


Tarrant County College Settles Chesapeake Royalty Lawsuit

Tarrant County College announced Wednesday that it is settling its lawsuit against Chesapeake Energy for underpayment of natural gas lease royalties for $1.1 million. The community college district filed its lawsuit in November 2014, accusing Chesapeake of undercutting its payments to the institution by improperly deducting post-production costs and failing to properly market the gas on the …


Racial Profiling Protest Cost Univ. MN Employee Her Job, Lawsuit Says

A former University of Minnesota employee has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that she lost her job in the Office for Equity and Diversity for raising concerns about racial profiling on campus. Alysia Lajune of Woodbury says that she was forced out as a vice president’s assistant in 2014 after she criticized university officials for identifying suspects in campus crime alerts as black males. …


Texas AG Calls Lawsuit to Stop Campus Firearm Carry “Frivolous”

Fill one of these out, carry a gun on a college campus. Monday, Texas public universities ushered in the first day of a new reality. Anyone on campus licensed to carry a handgun is now legally allowed to do so on portions of state owned, four-year college campuses, thanks to a bill passed during the 2015 legislative session.


CU Facing New Lawsuit From Male Student Expelled for Sexual Assault

A male student has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the University of Colorado claiming the college discriminated against him during a sexual assault investigation that ultimately led to his expulsion. The male student, identified in court documents only as John Doe, denies allegations that he sexually assaulted two female CU students and claims in the lawsuit that CU’s student- …


University Hit With Lawsuit After Ordering Campus Religious Group to Get Permit

A Christian student group is suing North Carolina State University over a policy they say requires members to get a permit to talk to their classmates about Jesus. Grace Christian Life, a religious student group long recognized by the 35,000-student school in Raleigh, claimed in a federal suit that school officials barred members last September from evangelizing to people on campus. The …