In a hearing on free speech on college campuses, Democrats dismissed the idea that free speech is under fire at liberal academic institutions like colleges and universities: The subcommittee’s Democratic members, however, refused even to…
Topic: free speech
66% of Yale College Students Agree Free Speech is Threatened on Campuses
Well, how about that result? A majority of students who attended a debate on free speech at Yale University Tuesday left convinced that First Amendment rights are threatened on college campuses, especially their own. According…
Gettysburg College Administrators Accused of Siding Against Pro-Life Posters
From Campus Reform: A conservative student group is accusing Gettysburg College of censorship after an administrator publicly sided with student vandals who ripped down the group’s pro-life flyers. Alissa Lopez, vice-chair of the school’s Young…
Rutgers President Defends Free Speech after Controversial Speech
It is ludicrous that someone has to defend free speech, especially on a college campus. Rutgers University president Robert Bachi is calling on his university to stand up for free speech after a student group…
“Hate Speech” Should be Banned, say anti-Ben Shapiro Protesters at CSU-LA
Apparently, they don’t know hate speech is protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Let’s hope they’re not paying exorbitant out-of-state tuition for their college education. Editor’s Note: The protests occurred at Cal-State…
Millennial Protesters Aren’t Well-Read
How do student protestors today differ from their predecessors back in the 1960s? The latter were more well-read. “This is a post-literacy generation,” Peter Wood of the National Association of Scholars (NAS) said recently at…
WATCH: Violence Erupts as Protesters Mob UCLA Theater before Conservative Speaker’s Visit
Watch the video for yourself and think, do American Millennials understand free speech?
Melissa Click Believed Student Journalist Had a Gun
That’s the latest news to come out surrounding the firing of Mizzou mass media communications professor Melissa Click. But, it doesn’t really match up.
FIRE Rates Worst Colleges for Free Speech
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) continues to fight for free speech on college campuses and this list is quite telling. Photo by sjgibbs80
So Criticizing Conservatives Mourning Antonin Scalia is a Thing?
It is an interesting read from the liberal perspective at the Academe Blog on how conservatives defended the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s legacy. A couple excerpts from the blog: “So I guess it’s…