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Dr
Karen
Baldwin,
Vice
President
for
University Advancement
The
Un
iver
sity of
Al
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Th
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S
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ent Pr
ess L
aw
Cen
ter
pro
vid
es
lega
l
re
sea
rch and
a
dvo
cac
y
i
n
su
ppo
rt
of
tho
se
w
ork
ing
in
stud
en
t
med
ia n
ati
ona
lly.
We
w
ere
co
nce
rne
d to
read
m
ed
ia acc
ou
nts
de
scri
bin
g res
tric
tion
s
pla
ced on
ne
ws c
overage of
sorority
rush
events at
the
University
of A
lab
am
a, fol
low
ing
la
st ye
ar
s pub
lic
atio
n of
th
e
P
ulit
zer
no
min
ate
d inve
stig
ati
ve
re
po
rt
by
jou
rna
lists
at Th
e
Cri
mso
n
W
hi
te
ab
out the
rol
e
o
f
race
in
t
he
s
ele
ctio
n
p
roc
ess.
We
h
ave
rev
iew
ed
th
e m
em
ora
ndu
m
G
uid
elin
es
fo
r
M
edi
a c
ove
rin
g So
ror
ity
Re
crui
tme
nt,
hen
cef
ort
h sim
ply
refe
rre
d
to
as M
ed
ia
Gui
del
ines
dis
sem
ina
ted
by
th
e
O
ffic
e
of
U
niv
ers
ity R
elat
ion
s.
W
hi
le it
is
per
fect
ly
le
giti
ma
te
for the
U
ni
ver
sity to
re
min
d
jo
urn
alis
ts
not
to en
gag
e in
il
leg
al t
res
pas
sing i.e
.,
en
cro
ach
ing o
n fr
ont
yar
ds
an
d
to
r
egu
late
p
ark
ing a
nd
traf
fic, tha
t
is
whe
re
th
e
U
niv
ers
ity
s
law
ful
au
tho
rity
e
nd
s.
We
are
par
ticu
lar
ly
con
cer
ned
a
bou
t t
he d
irec
tive
s in t
he
Me
dia
Gu
ide
line
s
p
urp
orti
ng
t
o pro
hib
it co
nse
nsu
al
com
mu
nic
atio
ns
b
etw
ee
n
me
mb
ers
of
th
e
med
ia
an
d
ind
ivi
dua
l
stu
den
ts wh
o
ma
y w
ish
to sp
eak w
ith
th
em:
N
o
r
epr
esen
tat
ive
fro
m
U
G
reek
A
ffai
rs,
the P
anh
ell
enic
E
xe
cuti
ve C
ou
ncil
or any
s
oro
r t
s
wil
l
b
e
ava
ilab
le
fo
r
nt r
v
ws
du
rin
g Sor
ori
ty
R
ec
ruit
me
nt W
eek
e
mp
has
is ad
ded
ll
que
stio
ns s
hou
ld b
e
dir
ecte
d
t
o
Un
iver
sity Re
lati
ons
.
No
r
epr
ese
ntat
ive f
rom
U
Gr
eek
Aff
airs
,
t
he P
anh
ell
enic
Executive Council
or
any
soror t s
will
be
available for interv
iew
s
on
Bi
d
Da
y
emp
has
is ad
ded
.
To
th
e ex
tent
tha
t t
he
Uni
ver
sity is
pu
rpo
rtin
g t
o
us
e
its
re
gul
ator
y a
uth
ori
ty to
re
stric
t
con
sen
sua
l com
mu
nic
ati
ons
b
etw
een s
tud
ent
s a
nd t
he
new
s me
dia
abo
ut ma
tter
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of
pu
bli
c c
onc
ern
,
suc
h
a g
ag
o
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c
on
trav
ene
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r
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tegr
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of
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the roo
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her
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ar
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w
ill
do n
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to
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sur
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and
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nqu
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intent
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obfuscate.
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rem
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ak
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m
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ons
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en
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hou
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ot
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erv
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en
for
cer
of
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licy
calc
ula
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ke su
re
tha
t
whi
stle
blo
we
rs ca
nno
t com
e
for
wa
rd
w
ith
e
xac
tly t
he sort
of
info
rm
atio
n
on whi
ch
The
C
rim
son W
hite
s
gr
oun
db
reak
ing
rep
orti
ng
was
based.
I
t
is
in
cum
ben
t
o
n
t
he U
niv
ers
ity
to i
mm
edi
ate
ly an
d
un
eq
uivo
cal
ly cla
rify
i
t
hat
stu
den
ts
are fr
ee to
spe
ak
w
ith jo
urn
alis
ts
wit
hou
t fea
r of
rep
risa
l fro
m
th
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i
nsti
tuti
on an
d 2
th
at
jou
rna
list
s i
n
pa
rtic
ula
r stud
ent jo
urn
alis
ts w
ho
are p
ayi
ng
c
usto
me
rs
ent
itled
t
o be
on
you
r
ca
mp
us
are equ
all
y fr
ee
to con
tac
t st
ude
nts
to
de
ter
min
e
t
heir
inte
res
t
in
sp
eak
ing
.
W
e
a
sk tha
t
yo
u
m
ake
a p
ubli
c
dec
lar
atio
n
to
dis
pel
th
e
im
pr
essi
on
le
ft
b
y the
M
ed
ia
G
uide
lin
es tha
t the
U
niv
ersi
ty
b
elie
ves
it
can
en
for
ce
a
gag
or
der
on its
ow
n st
ude
nts
.
Respectfully
F
ran
k
o
Mo
nte
E
sq
Exe
cut
ive
Dir
ecto
r
Stud
en
t Pre
ss
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aw Cen
ter