External Media Coverage
The media coverage posted here comprises mentions of FIRE's positions and activities, citations or interviews of FIRE's staff and board members, stories pertinent to FIRE's cases, and articles written by FIRE's staff and board members.
- "Group Argues That Freedom of Speech is Under Assault by University of Montana Sexual Assault Agreement,"
by Jon King, News Talk KGVO, May 21, 2013 - "Former US Secretary of Education: Is College Worth It?,"
by Tyler O'Neil, The Christian Post, May 21, 2013 - "Speech codes would find sexual harassment everywhere,"
by Bob Kellogg, OneNewsNow, May 21, 2013 - "Disgrace at Swarthmore,"
by George Leef, National Review Online, May 20, 2013 - "Examiner Editorial: Washington bureaucrats use force to suffocate liberty,"
The Washington Examiner, May 19, 2013 - "Federal Campus Speech Codes Broad, Unconstitutional,"
by Jordan Wassell, Education News, May 17, 2013 - "Sweeping new anti-sexual harassment code might hamper free speech on campuses,"
by Liz Klimas, The Blaze, May 17, 2013 - "UM, city hire expert to evaluate changes to sexual assault response,"
by Martin Kidston, Independent Record, May 17, 2013 - "Greg Lukianoff: Feds to Students: You Can't Say That,"
by Greg Lukianoff, The Wall Street Journal, May 16, 2013 - "Repealing free speech,"
The Washington Times, May 16, 2013 - "The New First Church,"
by Nelson Dawson, The Voice-Tribune, May 16, 2013 - "Holder imposing broader sexual harassment definition on campuses,"
by Robby Soave, The Daily Caller, May 16, 2013 - "No Sex Talk Allowed,"
by Wendy Kaminer, The Atlantic, May 15, 2013 - "Free Speech Under Fire,"
by Mary Lou Byrd, The Washington Free Beacon, May 15, 2013 - "Feds Push Insane New Speech Codes!,"
by Anthony Fisher and Matt Welch, Reason Online, May 15, 2013 - "FIRE, ADF addressing nationwide epidemic on college campuses,"
by Bob Kellogg, OneNewsNow, May 15, 2013 - "From Lolita to Louis CK, Feds Ban Sex Speech on Campus,"
by William Creeley, The Huffington Post, May 14, 2013 - "Feds May Force U.S. Universities To Adopt Extreme Anti Sexual-Harassment Speech Codes,"
by Elizabeth Brown, Blisstree, May 14, 2013 - "Obama Administration Scraps Free Speech on Campus,"
by Mona Charen, National Review Online, May 14, 2013 - "Feds make everyone on campus a sexual harasser,"
by Robert Shibley, The Daily Caller, May 13, 2013 - "Harassing Free Speech,"
HuffPost Live, May 13, 2013 - "Obama administration demands that colleges adopt unconstitutional speech codes,"
by Hans Bader, Examiner.com, May 11, 2013 - "The Commencement Controversy,"
by Ian Urbina, The New York Times, May 11, 2013 - "The FIRE: "The government has mandated speech codes on all campuses","
by William Jacobson, Legal Insurrection, May 10, 2013 - "Say Anything Sexual That Offends Anyone on Campus, You Must Be Punished or School Can Lose Federal Funding,"
by Brian Doherty, Reason Online, May 10, 2013 - "FIRE Press Release Scores Federal Speech Code Standards,"
by Glenn Ricketts, National Association of Scholars, May 10, 2013 - "Whatever happened to GRIT? (9PM ET on FBN),"
by John Stossel, Fox Business, May 9, 2013 - "Trinity College President James Jones Will Retire Early,"
by Kathleen Megan, The Hartford Courant, May 6, 2013 - "Trinity President Moves Up Retirement Under Alumni Fire,"
by David Glovin, Bloomberg Businessweek, May 6, 2013 - "Trinity College Leader Moves Up Retirement Under Alumni Fire,"
by David Glovin, SFGate, May 6, 2013 - "'Hate Crime' Hoaxes,"
by James Taranto, The Wall Street Journal, May 2, 2013 - "A History of Political Correctness: 20 Years After Penn's "Water Buffalo" Incident,"
by Sandy Hingston, Philadelphia Magazine, May 1, 2013
May 2013
- "Campus rape accusations an obvious outcome at progressive college (Column),"
by Gil Spencer, The Evening Sun, April 29, 2013 - "Preaching to the Choir?,"
by Allie Grasgreen, Inside Higher Ed, April 29, 2013 - "Old Dartmouth: Classes. New Dartmouth: Civility ‘teach-ins’ ,"
by Robert Shibley, The Daily Caller, April 25, 2013 - "6 Ways to Defeat the Campus Censors,"
by Greg Lukianoff and Robert Shibley, Minding the Campus, April 21, 2013 - "Free Speech Aflame: The Humanist Interview with Greg Lukianoff,"
by Marty Klein, The Humanist, April 20, 2013 - "Judith Grossman: A Mother, a Feminist, Aghast,"
by Judith Grossman, The Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2013 - "Heckler's Veto and Speech Codes Threaten Free Speech at Universities,"
by Allan C. Brownfeld, Salem-News.com, April 15, 2013 - "Harvard and How Silence Isn't Golden,"
by Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington Post, April 12, 2013 - "The New Victorians strike campus yet again,"
by Greg Lukianoff, The Daily Caller, April 12, 2013 - "Student says f-word outside of class, college nearly ruins his career,"
by Mark Frauenfelder, Boing Boing, April 12, 2013 - "Pro-life group wins approval at Johns Hopkins,"
by Leigh Jones, WORLD, April 10, 2013 - "Pro-lifers win recognition at Johns Hopkins,"
by Robby Soave, The Daily Caller, April 10, 2013 - "Antiabortion student group now allowed at Johns Hopkins University,"
by Jenna Johnson, The Washington Post, April 10, 2013 - "Johns Hopkins Relents, Recognizes Student Pro-Life Group,"
by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews, April 10, 2013 - "Twitter, hate speech, and the costs of keeping quiet,"
by Greg Lukianoff, CNET, April 7, 2013 - "No due process for college rape trials?,"
by Garth Kant, WND Education, April 5, 2013 - "Texas students want to opt out of funding gay group,"
by Robby Soave, The Daily Caller, April 4, 2013 - "Newtown references prompts Chaffey College to pull student publication, add warning labels,"
by Beau Yarbrough, San Jose Mercury News, April 3, 2013
April 2013
- "Encouraging News on UCLA Whistleblower's Suit,"
by Leslie Eastman, Legal Insurrection, March 30, 2013 - "LOIS HENRY: Scientist, gagged by UCLA, wins a round in court,"
by Louis Henry, The Bakersfield Californian, March 30, 2013 - "Media Frenzy Erupts After FAU Student Told To 'Stomp On Jesus',"
by Allison Goodman, WLRN, March 29, 2013 - "University Prof's Christian Speech Protected,"
by Bob Unruh, WND, March 28, 2013 - "Professor's lawsuit against UNCW proceeding to trial,"
by Ashlea Kosikowski, WSFX, March 28, 2013 - "Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Pens Letter to ASU Board of Trustees in Support of Prof. Jamie Price,"
High County Press, March 28, 2013 - "FAU College Student Who Didn't Want To Stomp On 'Jesus' Runs Afoul of Speech Code,"
by Greg Lukianoff, Forbes.com, March 26, 2013 - "Interview: Greg Lukianoff of FIRE on Unlearning Liberty,"
by Ed Driscoll, PJ Media, March 26, 2013 - "The Free Speech Guide to Picking a March Madness Bracket,"
by Kevin Glass, Townhall.com, March 20, 2013 - "Whistle-blowing Scientist Sues UCLA for His Job,"
by Leslie Eastman, Legal Insurrection, March 17, 2013 - "'Hot for Teacher' Essay Lands Student Joseph Corlett in Trouble,"
GA Daily News, March 15, 2013 - "Colleges and politicians censor students' speech in the name of 'anti-bullying',"
by Hans Bader, Examiner.com, March 14, 2013 - "Can Universities Restrict Free Speech On Campus?,"
by Jenn Nowicki, Campus Progress, March 14, 2013 - "Harvard or Big Brother? Secret Email Search Provokes Outrage,"
by William Creeley, The Huffington Post, March 13, 2013 - "Sinclair settles suit over sign,"
by Meagan Pant, Dayton Daily News, March 12, 2013 - "If You Work For Harvard, It's Possible You're Being Watched By Harvard,"
by Robert Shibley, Forbes.com, March 12, 2013 - "Young: Can scholarship and politics be untangled?,"
by Cathy Young, Newsday, March 11, 2013 - "Is College "The Incubator of the Nanny State"? Nick Gillespie Talks with FIRE,"
by Nick Gillespie, Reason Online, March 11, 2013 - "Two Blind Sociologists and an Elephant,"
by Jordan Bloom, The American Conservative, March 7, 2013 - "Law Targets Sexual Violence On College Campuses,"
by Joseph Shapiro, NPR, March 6, 2013 - "Is the Truth Politically Correct?,"
by Paul Williams, The Christian Standard, March 6, 2013 - "Student punished for publicizing vandal names,"
by Bob Unruh, WND, March 5, 2013 - "College: Where Free Speech Goes to Die,"
by Bruce Thornton, RealClearPolitics, March 4, 2013 - "HIGHER EDUCATION UPDATE: DePaul Punishes Student for Exposing Vandals of Pro-Life Display.,"
by Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit, March 2, 2013 - "Pro-life student sanctioned at DePaul University for exposing vandals,"
by Susan Berry, Breitbart, March 2, 2013 - "DePaul student punished for exposing pro-life display vandals,"
The College Fix, March 1, 2013 - "DePaul punishes student who exposed vandals of memorial for aborted babies,"
by Eric Owens, The Daily Caller, March 1, 2013
March 2013
- "Pro-life student reportedly threatened with expulsion; and you'll never believe why,"
by Billy Hallowell, The Blaze, February 28, 2013 - "DePaul Punishes Pro-Life Student for Releasing Names of Vandals,"
by Todd Starnes, FOX News Radio, February 28, 2013 - "Virginia bans campus 'all-comers' policies,"
by Leigh Jones, World on Campus, February 25, 2013 - "Governor McDonnell should defend religious freedom on Virginia campuses,"
by Robert Shibley, The Daily Caller, February 21, 2013 - "Censorship 1, Fun 0: U of Alabama Frosh Ticketed for Harlem Shake Video Shoot,"
by William Creeley, The Huffington Post, February 19, 2013 - "No, Obama Is Not My Daddy; He's My Employee,"
by Kurt Schlichter, Townhall.com, February 18, 2013 - "Campus Clampdowns on Free Speech Flunk Their Legal Tests,"
by Greg Lukianoff, The Wall Street Journal, February 16, 2013 - "FIRE EXTINGUISHES POSSIBLE 1ST AMENDMENT VIOLATION,"
by Bob Kellogg, One News Now, February 14, 2013 - "Bill Allowing Christian Student Orgs to Choose Membership Advances in Va. Legislature,"
by Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post, February 11, 2013 - "Jury: College president must pay expelled student $50,000,"
by Robby Soave, The Daily Caller, February 8, 2013 - "UNIVERSITY PREZ PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR DAMAGES,"
by Bob Unruh, WND, February 7, 2013 - "Teach the Habit of Debate,"
by Greg Lukianoff, National Association of Scholars, February 7, 2013 - "Crushing Defeat for Valdosta Administrator,"
by George Leef, National Review Online, February 7, 2013 - "FIRE Scores Victory for Wrongly Expelled Valdosta State University Student,"
by Howard Roerig, The Objective Standard, February 7, 2013 - "Eastern gets green light for free speech,"
by Kristie Hamon, The Eastern Progress, February 6, 2013 - "Students Have Free Speech and Due Process Rights Too,"
by Ilya Shapiro, The Cato Institute, February 5, 2013 - "President Personally Liable for Student's Expulsion, Jury Says,"
Inside Higher Ed, February 5, 2013 - "Expelled Student Activist Wins $50K Court Judgment Against University President,"
by Angus Johnston, Student Activism Blog, February 4, 2013 - "Courtroom Triumph for Free Speech on Campus,"
by William Gonch, American Council of Trustees and Alumni, February 4, 2013 - "Federal jury returns Zaccari verdict,"
by Quinten Plummer, The Valdosta Daily Times, February 2, 2013 - "College President Personally Smacked with $50,000 Bill for Violating Constitution,"
by Robert Shibley, College Insurrection, February 1, 2013 - "Breaking: Federal Jury Finds College President Personally Liable in 'Facebook Collage' Case,"
by Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington Post, February 1, 2013 - "Suit against former VSU president in jury's hands,"
by Quinten Plummer, The Valdosta Daily Times, February 1, 2013
February 2013
- "Former VSU student trial underway in Valdosta,"
by Staff Editorial, WALB News, January 30, 2013 - "Six Years After Expulsion for a Peaceful Protest, Decision May Come Any Minute in Infamous "Facebook Collage" Case,"
by Greg Lukianoff, Ricochet, January 30, 2013 - "A Canadian College Student Vandalizes Free Speech Wall, Then Claims Moral High Ground,"
by Greg Lukianoff, Forbes.com, January 30, 2013 - "GRADUATE STUDENT, FREE SPEECH VINDICATED,"
by Bob Kellogg, OneNewsNow, January 23, 2013 - "How some U.S. colleges limit freedom of speech,"
by Steve Hansen, Lodi News-Sentinel, January 23, 2013 - "P.C. Police run amok at Montclair,"
by Paul Mulshine, The Star-Ledger, January 20, 2013 - "MSU Student's Suspension Revoked,"
by Christina Gillham, Baristanet, January 18, 2013 - "Montclair State overturns suspension for "trolling"; student says he hopes case sets a precedent,"
by Kelly Heyboer, The Star-Ledger, January 18, 2013 - "Montclair State Reverses Student's Suspension Over Online Fat Jokes,"
by Mike D'Onofrio, Montclair Patch, January 18, 2013 - "Montclair State student suspended for online comments is reinstated: report,"
by Ron Zeitlinger, The Jersey Journal, January 18, 2013 - "Student compares woman to meat, gets suspended,"
by Jen Baird, KFVS12, January 18, 2013 - "Student suspended from university for saying classmate's legs looked like 'a pair of bleached hams' on Facebook,"
by Snejana Farberov, The Daily Mail, January 17, 2013 - "Montclair State Student Suspended Over 'Bleached Hams' Comment Speaks Out,"
CBS New York, January 17, 2013 - "Poll: Did Montclair State overreact by suspending a student for comments on social media websites?,"
by Ron Zeitlinger, The Jersey Journal, January 17, 2013 - "Public university suspends student for calling another student's legs 'bleached hams',"
by Eric Owens, The Daily Caller, January 17, 2013 - "Montclair Student Suspended Over Comments On YouTube Video,"
CBS New York, January 16, 2013 - "Student suspended over online insults,"
United Press International, Inc., January 16, 2013 - "Montclair State Student Suspended Over Online Fat Jokes,"
by Mike D'Onofrio, Montclair Patch, January 16, 2013 - "Campus Censorship Breeds Societal Dysfunction,"
by Harvey Silverglate, Forbes.com, January 16, 2013 - "Civil liberty group defends Montclair State student suspended for Facebook, YouTube comments,"
by Kelly Heyboer, The Star-Ledger, January 16, 2013 - "A Bit Of The Future Was Lost With The Tragic Death Of Aaron Swartz,"
by Robert Shibley, Forbes.com, January 15, 2013 - "Montclair State University Student Says Gag Order Is Unconstitutional: UPDATED,"
by Staff Editorial, Baristanet, January 15, 2013 - "Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate,"
Liberty Law Blog, January 15, 2013 - "U-Maryland Spends 15K on Politically Correct ‘Inclusive Language Campaign’,"
by Patrick Burke, CNS News, January 11, 2013 - "Accusation, suicide cast shadow over Fighting Irish's return to glory,"
by Kristen Lombardi, NBC News, January 7, 2013 - "Campus liberty under siege by liberal academia,"
by Melvyn Fein, The Marietta Daily Journal, January 7, 2013 - "Unlearning Liberty: Hazelwood at 25,"
by David Moshman, The Huffington Post, January 6, 2013 - "OUR OPINION: UND must reaffirm free speech, other rights,"
by Tom Dennis, Grand Forks Herald, January 6, 2013 - "College Students Were 2012's Unsung Heroes for Free Speech,"
by Azhar Majeed, Policymic, January 4, 2013 - "'Unlearning Liberty',"
by Allie Grasgreen, Inside Higher Ed, January 3, 2013 - "Examiner Local Editorial: Muzzling free speech on campus,"
The Examiner, January 2, 2013
