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A New York university must refund two students’ activity fees after they sued the school over the way the money was allocated and spent, a federal judge ruled last month.

The decision said that the State University of New York at Albany’s use of referendums by their Student Association to determine funding is unconstitutional.

The lawsuit was initially brought against SUNY-Albany’s Student Association in December 2004 by Eric Amidon, president of the conservative student group Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT). It alleged that the Student Association denied the group funding on the basis of its political beliefs.

CFACT, which has been a recognized student organization at SUNY-Albany since 2002 and claims a membership of...

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