Asbury Park Press: Three students sue Ocean County College over free speech

Three students sue Ocean County College over free speech

Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 05/11/06
BY JOSEPH PICARD
TOMS RIVER BUREAU

DOVER TOWNSHIP — Three student journalists are suing Ocean County College and the administration of President Jon H. Larson, claiming their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and the press have been violated.

The lawsuit also seeks to order the college to retain Karen Bosley as adviser to the student newspaper, the Viking News.

According to Angelo Stio III, attorney for the three students — Alberto Morales, Scott Coppola and Douglas Rush — the First Amendment complaint was filed in U.S. District Court in Trenton Wednesday...

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