ROBERT O'NEIL TO SPEAK ON FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES AND THE INTERNET AT
CURRY SCHOOL CONFERENCE

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., June 7 -- Robert M. O'Neil, University
of Virginia law professor and director of the Thomas Jefferson
Center for the Protection of Free Expression, will lead a seminar on
First Amendment issues and the Internet at a conference June 19 at
U.Va.'s Curry School of Education.
	O'Neil, a former president of U.Va., will lead a
presentation from 11 a.m. to noon at the conference. The day-long
Internet conference, titled "http://www.Student Affairs and
Cyberspace: Making the Connection" is a regional workshop sponsored
by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
(NASPA).
	The rapid advances of technology on college campuses
challenge student affairs professionals to incorporate changes in
their services to students. The workshop offers student affairs
professionals seminars focusing on students, the Internet and
technology.
	O'Neil, an expert on First Amendment rights, teaches courses
in constitutional and copyright law at the University's law school.
"In the ever changing landscape of the Internet, it is necessary to
identify issues we ought to be dealing with," said O'Neil.  "There
are no polices to address [these] yet, but we need to form them
quickly." 
	O'Neil points out that rules governing print material are
useful, but do not necessarily adapt to electronic communications,
and he advises that careful thought be given to the formation of new
policies.  O'Neil will touch on such topics as sexually explicit
material, sexist postings, offensive racial remarks, transmitting
threatening material, invasion of privacy in regard to e-mail,
flagrant electronic gay-bashing, virulent neo-Nazi material as well
as the unauthorized use of a university logo on a home page for
business purposes.  All of these issues will be illustrated with
examples of incidents from universities around the country. 
	Registration fee for the conference is $20 for professional
or student members if paid by May 29.  On-site registration is $30
for all.  Fee includes lunch in the Rotunda.
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June 6, 1996
	For additional information about the conference contact
Julie Rhen at (804) 924-3880.
Robert O'Neil may be reached for interviews at (804) 295-4784.
Television reporters should contact our TV News Office at (804)
924-7550. 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATORS
NASPA REGION III DRIVE-IN WORKSHOP

"http://www.Student Affairs and Cyberspace:  Making the Connection"

JUNE 19, 1996


LOCATION:		University of Virginia
	        		Curry School of Education
			405 Emmet Street
			Charlottesville, Va. 22903
			(804) 924-3880

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

9:15-10 a.m.		KEYNOTE ADDRESS
			Polly McClure 
			U.Va. Vice President and Chief Information
Officer

10 a.m. -noon		WEB PAGE WORKSHOP I

10 - 11	a.m.		"MULTICULTURALISM AND THE INTERNET" 
			Paul C. Gorski
			Doctoral candidate at the University of
Virginia

11 a.m. - noon		"FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES AND THE INTERNET" 
			Robert M. O'Neil, Director
			Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection
of Free 			Expression

1 - 3 p.m.		WEB PAGE WORKSHOP II

1 - 2 p.m.		"STUDENT DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY" 
			Dr. Carmen G. Neuberger
			Executive Director of the ACPA

2 - 3 p.m.		"CAREER SERVICES, CYBERSPACE, AND STUDENT
DEVELOPMENT" 
			Michael W. Rheiner, Career Advisor 
			Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University