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He also found that the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana , a nonprofit , nonpartisan research group , recommended in 2003 that the Louisiana Public Records Act be amended to grant minors access . Though Stepenosky said the writing on Anderson 's site is excellent , he said it is unbalanced and inaccurate.Because of the high number of flier distribution requests the school receives , Beverly Hills High does not allow students to pass out fliers or other publications as a matter of policy , Stepenosky said , noting that Anderson is free to distribute his paper off school grounds . For Immediate ReleaseARLINGTON , Va. — A Florida college student newspaper that has battled to keep public records open despite intense opposition has been named the recipient of the 2003 College Press Freedom Award.The award to The Independent Florida Alligator , a student newspaper at the University of Florida , was presented at the Associated Collegiate Press / College Media Advisers national convention in Dallas on Saturday , Nov. 8.The award , sponsored by the Student Press Law Center and the Associated Collegiate Press , is given each year to a college student journalist or student news organization that has demonstrated outstanding support for the free press rights of students.For the last two years , The Independent has fought to prevent Florida courts from permanently sealing the autopsy photos of race car driver Dale Earnhardt and from enforcing a law , passed two months after his death , that allows Florida state officials and judges to determine the editorial appropriateness of a freedom of information request before making government documents available.The newspaper contends that the law sets a dangerous precedent and violates the First Amendment because it allows courts to grant or deny access to public records based on a speaker 's viewpoint.In September , The Independent Florida Alligator appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court in a final effort to preserve public access to the photos . Although much time would have to pass before it would become clear whether or not the infant would survive , for the mortality rate in the first year was on the order of one in four during the period , his birth at once distanced Raymond , Urraca , and their possible progeny from that succession to the throne which had recently seemed so secure . " We are very pleased that the DOE has made it clear to Dr. Speert that failing to respond to a reported crime is not grounds for excluding it from their crime log and that the log must be made public , " said S. Daniel Carter , senior vice president of Security on Campus Inc ., a nonprofit campus safety watchdog group . The law , implemented at the behest of Earnhardt 's wife , Teresa Earnhardt , restricts access to all videos , photos and audio recordings taken during autopsies unless a court rules the requester 's intentions trump the family 's right to privacy.Autopsy records were previously accessible under Florida 's Public Records Act.The law violates the First Amendment because it allows courts to grant or deny access to public records based on a speaker 's viewpoint , said Patricia Walker , one of the newspaper 's lawyers . According to Gudaitis , the officer said that with the “ current things going on in the world , it would probably be in [ her ] best interest not to take notes . His requests , made in June of last year , were repeatedly ignored and finally denied , Barker said.Under state law , officials are not required to grant open-records requests to minors , but they are not prohibited from doing so either , according to Barker , who was 16 years old at the time he filed the requests.Barker finally obtained the documents in January , but only after an adult friend requested the records on his behalf .