A Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) chapter was rejected by the student senate because YAL is known to have hosted controversial speaker Milo Yiannopoulos and that makes the chapter ‘dangerous.’
Topic: free speech
China Lets Australia-Based Chinese Academic Fly Back to Australia
Chongyi Feng, a Chinese academic based in Australia, was allowed to fly back to Australia from China after the Chinese government barred him from leaving the country.
LA Times Editorial Board: Dear Colleges, Stop Squeezing Free Speech
If the editorial board of the liberal Los Angeles Times has to say, “don’t squeeze free speech on college campuses,” then maybe the college campuses are doing things wrong since both are usually aligned as hotbeds of liberal ideology.
Facebook Political Discussion Leads to Professor Calling Employers on Conservatives
A Facebook political argument led to a Texas State University history professor calling at least one employer of someone who argued with her.
University Administrator Used Alias to Threaten Protest of Rick Santorum’s Speech Next Week
Rick Santorum should expect to see some protesters at his speech as Cal-State Los Angeles, as one college administrator used an alias to threaten a protest.
NYU Psychology Professor: College Administrators “won’t stand up to” Heckler’s Veto and Disruptive Protesters
Even lifelong men and women on the Left are becoming concerned about the oppressive political climate on American college campuses. Jonathan Haidt, a psychologist and professor of ethical leadership at the New York University’s Stern…
Self-Censoring No Longer Required to Graduate at Iowa State University
Students at Iowa State University no longer have to worry about self-censorship in order to graduate, thanks to a lawsuit settled with the help of Alliance Defending Freedom: Iowa State University threatened to put a…
Pro-Traditional Family ‘Free Speech Bus’ Defaced at Harvard University
Looks like tolerance is a one-way street at college campuses like Harvard University, where a conservative group-sponsored “Free Speech Bus” was defaced due to one of its sponsors being the National Organization for Marriage (NOM),…
College Student Reinstated by College after Disputing Muslim Professor’s Remarks about Jesus Christ
A college student at Rollins College was suspended due to his alleged challenge to a Muslim professor’s remarks about Jesus Christ, but now that suspension has been lifted and the student has been reinstated.
The New Jacobins: Where Israel Is Involved, the Suppression of Campus Speech Is an Old Story
Editor’s Note: This piece was originally published at the Times of Israel. When Chester Evans Finn, Jr., a former United States Assistant Secretary of Education, observed in 1989 that university campuses had become “islands of…