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Thursday, March 8 11:30-5:30 P.M. or 2-5:30 P.M. At Central Washington University 400 E. University Way Ellensburg W A 98926 Shaw-Smyser Hall, Rooms 109-113 |
Hate speech, controversial speakers, provocative art, racy theater, student media, religion - all can be tricky issues on college and high school campuses. Experts from the Student Press Law Center, the ACLU, Central Washington University and Davis Wright Tremaine LLP will provide a workshop for administrators, teachers and media advisers on March 8 at CWU in Ellensburg, Wash. |
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Michele Earl-Hubbard is a lawyer for Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and has a B.A. in journalism from San Francisco State University. One of her areas of practice is media law and she has represented clients in cases involving speech restriction, prior restraint, media antitrust issues and advertising law. She frequently speaks to journalists on media law issues. |  |
Krystal Noga earned an M.A. in Journalism and Communication, her J.D. from the University of Oregon and is a former Lewis County Deputy Prosecutor. For three years she taught at the University of Oregon and now teaches at CWU Lynnwood. She was an intern and has been a volunteer for the American Civil Liberties Union since 2000. Noga has published several journal articles on First Amendment issues. |
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Mike Hiestand was the staff attorney for the nonprofit Student Press Law Center between 1991-2003. He continues to assist student media and work closely with the SPLC on various projects affecting the student press community. Mr. Hiestand has provided legal assistance to over 13,000 high school and college student journalists and their advisers. |  |
Scott Volyn, a Wenatchee-based attorney, provided legal services to teachers for several years through a contract with the Washington Education Association. He has litigation experience in school law and First Amendment issues, including workplace free speech rights. Volyn has represented students and families in cases against school districts. He earned his J.D. from the University of Idaho in 1992 and currently teaches Communication Law at CWU. |
| Workshop Schedule |
| 11:30-1 P.M. Open Campus Forum |
| At most universities, questions over the First Amendment and its five freedoms crop up frequently. Hispanic students protest a conservative speaker who advocates fences on the U.S. border. A fraternity advertises “Halloween in the Hood,” with many members dressing up in blackface. A sidewalk preacher rails against Jews. At this open campus forum, hear how Central administrators and students have dealt with a range of First Amendment issues, from the protests over the Theatre Department’s staging of “The Laramie Project” by the virulently anti-gay Rev. Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church, to the issues students have encountered with their often-risquébut- award-winning Ellensburg Extreme TV show. What do the experts advise? |
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3:15- 4:15 P.M.
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Administrators Track | Teacher Track | Advisers Track | College Track |
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AREAS While the First Amendment’s words don’t change, how they’re interpreted frequently does. From the way students dress to what they perform in the holiday pageant, there’s often a very fine line between behavior that can be legally prohibited versus that which would violate your students’ constitutional rights and civil liberties. Learn the difference! |
GRAY
AREAS While the First Amendment’s words don’t change, how they’re interpreted frequently does. From the way students dress to what they perform in the holiday pageant, there’s often a very fine line between behavior that can be legally prohibited versus that which would violate your students’ constitutional rights and civil liberties. Learn the difference! |
SURVIVING
ADVISING Student media advisers may have the toughest - and riskiest - job in school. As both an advocate for your students and an employee of the school, things can get pretty complicated. This advisersonly session will provide practical and legal guidance to help you walk the fine line. |
FREE
SPEECH, HATE SPEECH & CIVILITY It’s a balancing act: Universities should be places of free and open inquiry, and the quest for truth can’t be carried out if speech or inquiry is constrained. But balancing free speech rights with the goal of creating a safe atmosphere for learning can often be tricky. Who decides what is offensive and, moreover, what is offensive enough to be called “hate speech”? What about the classroom? What free speech rights do professors have, and what happens when they clash with the rights of students to have a safe learning environment, free of hostility? Find out how to negotiate these contentious waters in this one-hour workshop. |
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101 Is what your school newspaper publishing going to get the school sued? What do you really need to worry about when it comes to defamation, copyright and privacy issues? |
WALK
THE TALK – WITHOUT GETTING FIRED How do you encourage robust debate and tackle controversial issues in your classroom – without getting yourself in trouble? Understand your role as a teacher and your rights and responsibilities as an employee. What legal boundaries constrain you, and what protections do you have? How do you distinguish when a course of communication may be met with legal action? |
WALK
THE TALK – WITHOUT GETTING FIRED How do you encourage robust debate and tackle controversial issues in your classroom – without getting yourself in trouble? Understand your role as a teacher and your rights and responsibilities as an employee. What legal boundaries constrain you, and what protections do you have? How do you distinguish when a course of communication may be met with legal action? |
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TECHNOLOGIES & THE 1ST AMENDMENT Today’s new technologies – Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, web sites, even e-mail – are bringing up a raft of new questions. How does the First Amendment, ratified in 1791, translate to these new frontiers? Can – should – college administrators monitor the new media, or punish students for objectionable content? What if these technologies are used in conjunction with the classroom? How do the First Amendment and privacy laws come into play? Courts have traditionally allowed time, place and manner restrictions on expression, but how do you apply such tests when these technologies have upended the very notions of time, place and manner? |
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| PEACE
OF MIND Tinker and Hosty are the landmark cases governing students’ First Amendment rights. But how do they translate into the trenches? This forum with three experts will be the place to get your lingering questions answered. |
PEACE
OF MIND Tinker and Hosty are the landmark cases governing students’ First Amendment rights. But how do they translate into the trenches? This forum with three experts will be the place to get your lingering questions answered. |
BEFORE
YOU PUBLISH In this workshop for student journalists and advisers, you’ll learn the basics on libel and defamation, copyright and privacy issues. |
PEACE
OF MIND Tinker and Hosty are the landmark cases governing students’ First Amendment rights. But how do they translate into the trenches? This forum with three experts will be the place to get your lingering questions answered. |
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Map To Central |
At the CWU Info Kiosk, they'll give you a parking permit and directions on where to park
All atendees are elligible for 5 clock hours if they attend both the workshop and the open forum. Cost is $3 per clock hour. Lunch and parking are free to all who RSVP.
For more information, contact: Cynthia Mitchell at mitchelc@cwu.edu, 509- 963-1063, or go to http://www.cwu.edu/~firstamendment
RSVP by March 2 to: Charlene Krentz @ krentzc@cwu.edu
Please indicate if you'll be joining us for lunch and what track you will be attending.
For more information, contact: Cynthia Mitchell at mitchelc@cwu.edu, 509- 963-1063, or go to http://www.cwu.edu/~firstamendment
RSVP by March 2 to: Charlene Krentz @ krentzc@cwu.edu
Please indicate if you'll be joining us for lunch and what track you will be attending.
Event
sponsored by a grant from: |
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The
Washington Journalism Education Association |