Really? People are THAT sensitive? “University of Minnesota faculty members were asked earlier this year to take down posters advertising an academic panel because they included an “offensive” recreated cartoon picture of Mohammed – the…
Topic: free speech
George Mason University Dumps Free Speech Zones, Finally
Yes, another win for free speech. As The College Fix reported: “OK, perhaps not many schools are coveting the responsibility to let students speak freely and not punish or intimidate them into docility when it…
North Dakota Students Now Have the Right to an Attorney
Wait, so college campuses don’t allow students to have an attorney and other rights to due process? Apparently it was not, at least in North Dakota’s university system, until recently.
UPenn Students Silence Efforts to Address Biased Professors on Campus
Sounds like the words “freedom” and “free expression” are tossed around lightly, but students don’t know the true meaning of them when they go ahead and quash free speech. This time, students rejected addressing the…
Muslim Students Upset at Horowitz Speech that Blasted Hamas, Hezbollah
You know, Hamas and Hezbollah are terrorist organizations, so why be offended? It’s because David Horowitz said pro-Palestinian and pro-Arab student groups have ties to terrorist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah, which student groups vehemently…
UNC Student Editorial says Campus Speakers should be Vetted
The student editorial board at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill is absolutely clueless about common sense. Here’s a snippet: “Just last week, Duke University invited former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to speak about…
Speech Code of the Month: Florida A&M University Restricts 1st Amendment
As FIRE reported: “According to FAMU’s Student Code of Conduct, “disorderly conduct” includes not only things like public drunkenness, but also the “use of profanity in public” and the use of “insulting” language. This policy…
Chapman University Student Defaces Busts of Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan
The vandalizing student has been identified by the university, but the university won’t press charges and won’t punish the student because it was an act of free speech. Huh? Imagine if a bust of Barack…
U.S. Colleges are Restricting America’s Freedom of Speech
Why are colleges eagerly restricting their students’ free speech rights? Great question posed by Ed Feulner, former head of the Heritage Foundation.
Texas College Students Upset at Pro-Life Display
A pro-life display, with crosses representing the number of abortions a day, has riled up at least 200 people at the University of Texas-Arlington who signed a petition to ask it to be removed.