CNN: Court ok's College control of Internet access

[Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>]

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>                COURT SAYS COLLEGES CAN RESTRICT INTERNET ACCESS
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>      
>      January 28, 1997
>      Web posted at: 1:35 p.m. EST
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>      NORMAN, Oklahoma (CNN) -- A U.S. District Court in Oklahoma has
>      ruled universities have the right to limit access to explicit
>      material on the Internet.
>      
>      A federal judge ruled University of Oklahoma president David Boren,
>      a former U.S. senator, has every right to determine what sites
>      students and faculty can view while on the campus Internet system.
>      
>      Boren was sued by University professor, Bill Loving, who claimed his
>      First Amendment rights were being infringed upon.
>      
>      The court ruled against Loving, also an attorney, saying his
>      constitutional rights were not violated and that he is not entitled
>      to injunctive relief.
>      
>      "I am certainly pleased by the judge's decision," Boren said. "The
>      university did its best to strike a careful balance in order to
>      protect legitimate academic and intellectual freedom while at the
>      same time assuring that the university not act as a distributor of
>      obscene material, which is not protected by the First Amendment."  
>      rule