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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.

December 2010

• "University of Virginia reforms speech code,"
  by Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post, December 29, 2010
• "Colleges warned of liability for free-speech violations,"
  by Bob Unruh, WorldNetDaily, December 27, 2010
• " Most Schools Violate Free Speech Act, New Study Shows ,"
  by Staff Editorial, The Huffington Post, December 23, 2010
• "Nevada universities earn 'red light' status from FIRE,"
  by Thomas Mitchell, Las Vegas Review-Journal, December 21, 2010
• "Law school gagging speech,"
  by Adam Kissel, New York Post, December 19, 2010
• "Law school student on 'Trial' for harassment,"
  by Thomas Mitchell, Las Vegas Review-Journal, December 15, 2010
• "Blog Satirizes Law-School Life, but Syracuse U. Officials Aren't Laughing,"
  by Marc Parry, The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 14, 2010
• "Free speech advocates alarmed by 'unconstitutional' anti-bullying bill ,"
  by Steven Nelson, The Daily Caller, December 14, 2010
• "Should colleges be required to prohibit bullying and harassment?,"
  by Greg Lukianoff, Congressional Quarterly Researcher, December 10, 2010
• "NIU Recognizes Students for Sensible Drug Policy,"
  by Jacob Sullum, reason.com, December 10, 2010
• "What's a Group Gotta Do to Post a Flyer Around Here?,"
  by Jacob Sullum, reason.com, December 8, 2010
• "LCCC trustee-elect wants free-speech policy on campus,"
  by Josh Mitchell, WyomingNews.com, December 6, 2010
• "Anti-Bullying Laws and the Misguided Drive for Social Equality,"
  by Wendy Kaminer, The Atlantic, December 2, 2010

November 2010

• "Wendy Kaminer, "Hate Speech," and Campus Censorship,"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington Post, November 30, 2010
• "Debating Hate Speech,"
  by Wendy Kaminer, The Atlantic, November 29, 2010
• "Can Hazing Be Stopped?,"
  by Dan Berrett, Inside Higher Ed, November 24, 2010
• "Proposed federal law another threat to free speech on campus,"
  by Thomas Mitchell, Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 24, 2010
• "Nietzsche, Buddhism, and Burning College Newspapers: My Interview with spiked,"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington Post, November 19, 2010
• "Students are supposed to read books, not burn them ,"
  by Brendan O'Neill, spiked, November 18, 2010
• "Student whistleblower keeps testing limits,"
  by Zack Stoycoff, Claremore Daily Progress, November 13, 2010
• "Law Student Rights at Issue at SU,"
  by Joyce Gramza, WRVO, November 11, 2010
• "JOHN STOSSEL: Get Your Affirmative Action Cupcakes Here!,"
  by John Stossel, FOXNews.com, November 10, 2010
• "Let Student Organizations Discriminate, Says Civil Liberties Group,"
  by David Spett, Campus Progress, November 4, 2010
• "HINKLE: You Can't Say That Here -- This Is a University!,"
  by A. Barton Hinkle, Richmond Times-Dispatch, November 2, 2010

October 2010

• "U.S. Hits Hard on Bullying,"
  by Dan Berrett, Inside Higher Ed, October 27, 2010
• "RSU official gone after student rights controversy,"
  by Zack Stoycoff, Claremore Daily Progress, October 24, 2010
• "Life gets better - politics get worse,"
  by Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle, October 19, 2010
• "What You Can't Say On Campus: Greg Lukianoff on Free Expression in Higher Education,"
  by Staff Editorial, Reason.tv, October 18, 2010
• "Shibley: UNC should recommit to First Amendment,"
  by Robert Shibley, Chapel Hill Herald, October 17, 2010
• "This side of the overpass,"
  by Meg Mott, Brattleboro Reformer, October 12, 2010
• "Free speech: Westboro church Supreme Court case tests First Amendment,"
  by Warren Richey, The Christian Science Monitor, October 2, 2010

September 2010

• "Group investigates LCCC,"
  by Josh Mitchell, Wyoming Tribune Eagle, September 30, 2010
• "Student gets in trouble for e-mail on scooter parking,"
  by Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post, September 26, 2010
• "Foul e-mail nearly costs grad student,"
  by Lee Shearer, Athens Banner-Herald, September 25, 2010
• "A Crucial Courtroom Victory for College Students' Rights,"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington Post, September 23, 2010
• "Complaints filed over GSU e-mails,"
  by Stephen Largen, thenewsstar.com, September 23, 2010
• "Grambling State University Bans Political E-Mails, Cites State Law,"
  by Stephen Clark, FOXNews.com, September 22, 2010
• "Free-Speech Advocates Challenge E-Mail Policies at Grambling State,"
  by Peter Schmidt, The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 22, 2010
• "University of Georgia punishes student for parking complaint,"
  by J.P. Freire, Washington Examiner, September 22, 2010
• "University bans political e-mails,"
  by Bob Unruh, WorldNetDaily, September 21, 2010
• "High Bar to Sue on Harassment Rules ,"
  by Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed, September 20, 2010
• "College chief personally liable for abusing student's rights,"
  by Bob Unruh, WorldNetDaily, September 10, 2010
• "Federal Judge Finds Former College President Personally Liable in Student-Conduct Case,"
  by Sara Lipka, The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 7, 2010
• "'Best of' edition includes list of 'worst' colleges,"
  by Bob Unruh, WorldNetDaily, September 1, 2010

August 2010

• "Outing Campus Censors in 'U.S. News & World Report',"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington post, August 31, 2010
• "Rowson still shakes things up,"
  by Sarah Sakai , The University of Idaho Argonaut, August 23, 2010
• "Free-speech policies questioned,"
  by Elizabeth Crisp, The Clarion-Ledger, August 16, 2010
• "Miss.: First in football, last in free speech?,"
  by Gary Pettus, The Clarion-Ledger, August 8, 2010
• "Jonathan Rauch On Why Free Speech Is Even More Important Than You Thought,"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington Post, August 4, 2010
• "Higher education can lower your expectations,"
  by Richard Reeb, Barstow Desert Dispatch, August 3, 2010
• "Slip of tongue prompts campus speech debate,"
  by Elizabeth Crisp, The Clarion-Ledger, August 1, 2010

July 2010

• ""Is Campus Censorship the New Normal?" in Free Inquiry Magazine,"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington Post, July 29, 2010
• "Chicago School Refuses to Host Rove, Welcomes Obama Appointee,"
  by Stephen Clark, FOXNews.com, July 28, 2010
• "College in Mississippi Withdraws Penalties Against Student Who Swore,"
  by Don Troop, The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 28, 2010
• "How to Fight for Free Speech on Our 'Sensitive' Campuses,"
  by Daphne Patai, Minding the Campus, July 28, 2010
• "Thought Control On Modern American College Campuses,"
  by Christa Brashier, Disinformation, July 22, 2010
• "The Real Scandal at Illinois?,"
  by Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed, July 19, 2010
• "Millions of rules stifling freedom,"
  by John Stossel, Townhall.com, July 14, 2010
• "College Media Censorship: Year in Review,"
  by Dan Reimold, The Huffington Post, July 14, 2010
• "A basic freedom takes liberal hit,"
  by Nat Hentoff, The Trentonian, July 10, 2010
• "Guns OK, now how about free speech?,"
  by Chelsea Schilling, WorldNetDaily, July 2, 2010
• "Concealed Carry on Campus?,"
  by Robert Shibley, Pajamas Media, July 1, 2010

June 2010

• "Fighting for Religious Freedom with FIRE,"
  by Meghan Grizzle, Everyday Christian, June 30, 2010
• "2010 Muzzle Awards on campus,"
  by Harvey Silverglate, The Boston Phoenix, June 30, 2010
• "New Venue for Anti-Bias Debate,"
  by Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed, June 29, 2010
• "Supreme Court Decision on Law School's Anti-Bias Policy May Have Limited Impact,"
  by Peter Schmidt, The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 28, 2010
• "UC Irvine protest case raises questions about discipline practices,"
  by Raja Abdulrahim and Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times, June 21, 2010
• "Philadelphia man indicted for using right to free speech,"
  by Nat Hentoff, Reading Eagle, June 17, 2010
• "4-Year Debate Over a Book Choice,"
  by Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed, June 8, 2010
• "Software helps schools monitor athletes’ postings,"
  by Associated Press, Yahoo! Sports, June 4, 2010
• "Clemson student charged for rude e-mail,"
  by Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post, June 1, 2010

May 2010

• "When students drop the F-bomb,"
  by Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed, May 19, 2010
• "An F (bomb) in oral communications,"
  by Don Troop, The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 18, 2010
• "HCC student says he was punished for swearing,"
  by Staff Editorial, WAPT ABC, May 18, 2010
• "Teachable Moments: Chula Vista campus charged with violating student rights,"
  by Michelle Barreto, San Diego News Network, May 18, 2010
• "'I Believe in Free Speech and All, but I Draw the Line at Comedy Musicals!',"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington Post, May 17, 2010
• "Colleges across state grapple with free-speech zones,"
  by Matt Krupnick, The Oakland Tribune, May 15, 2010
• "Sex, Fruit Bats, and Politically Correct Zoology at an Irish College,"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington Post, May 14, 2010
• "Groups provide students with political tips,"
  by Jeremy Davis, The News Record, May 13, 2010
• "Utah students pull goodbye prank in campus paper,"
  by Associated Press, Associated Press, May 9, 2010
• "University of Utah seniors say goodbye with vulgar send off in the Chronicle,"
  by Wendy Leonard, Deseret News, May 6, 2010
• "Outgoing U. columnists in trouble over 'hidden' vulgarity,"
  by Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, May 6, 2010
• "University Plans to Install Electronic Sensors to Track Class Attendance,"
  by Karen Wilkinson, Government Technology, May 5, 2010

April 2010

• "Free Association and the First Amendment,"
  by Harvey Silverglate, The Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2010
• "SHIBLEY: Unwitting rapists and their oblivious victims,"
  by Robert Shibley, The Washington Times, April 15, 2010
• "Duke’s sexist sexual misconduct policy,"
  by Cathy Young, The Boston Globe, April 14, 2010
• "Ex-Student Sues Brown Over Rape Accusation,"
  by Katie Thomas, The New York Times, April 14, 2010
• "Muzzle Tov, Southwestern College & Your 'Free Speech Patio'!,"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington Post, April 13, 2010
• "Duke University and the Accidental Sex Offender,"
  by Wendy Kaminer, The Atlantic, April 12, 2010
• "Duke rape policy: If you’re perceived as "powerful," it wasn’t consensual,"
  by J. Peter Freire, Washington Examiner, April 7, 2010
• "Charles Snelling -- Free speech applies to political ads,"
  by Charles Snelling, The Morning Call, April 3, 2010

March 2010

• "The Heckler's Veto,"
  by Wendy Kaminer, The Atlantic, March 31, 2010
• "University Of Chicago Censors Student’s Post On Facebook,"
  The Bulletin, March 26, 2010
• "U. of Chicago Student Questions University's Reaction to Facebook Post,"
  by Jill Laster, The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 25, 2010
• "Censoring bigoted speech at UC San Diego: Who does it help?,"
  by Robert Shibley, Pajamas Media, March 11, 2010
• "Is College Censorship Destroying Our Society's "Sophistication Machine"?,"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington Post, March 4, 2010
• "Pope Center/FIRE Report Reviews Speech Codes at North Carolina Colleges,"
  by Jane S. Shaw, Lincoln Tribune, March 3, 2010

February 2010

• "How corrupted language moved from campus to the real world,"
  by Harvey Silverglate, Minding the Campus, February 23, 2010
• "Shank bill is intended to protect students’ rights of free speech,"
  by Erin Julius, The Herald-Mail, February 23, 2010
• "Do North Carolina Students Have Freedom of Speech?,"
  by Jenna Ashley Robinson, The John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, February 17, 2010
• "Western Pa. school OKs concealed weapons group,"
  by Associated Press, Associated Press, February 17, 2010
• "On campus, is heckling free speech? Or just rude?,"
  by Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed, February 17, 2010
• "Rights of the Accused,"
  by Steve Kolowich, Inside Higher Ed, February 12, 2010
• "Temple waives security fee for Islam critic's speech,"
  by Susan Snyder, The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 12, 2010
• "Va. Tech threatens to pull funding from campus newspaper,"
  by Tonia Moxley, The Roanoke Times, February 12, 2010
• "Southwestern College pushed to the brink by brutal power struggle,"
  by Lyndsay Winkley and Sean Campbell, Voice of San Diego, February 7, 2010
• "P.C. Never Died,"
  by Greg Lukianoff, Reason Magazine, February 1, 2010
• "Will Chief Illiniwek dance again?,"
  by Robert Shibley, February 1, 2010

January 2010

• "The Joke Ban,"
  by Mike Adams, Townhall.com, January 28, 2010
• "Advocates accuse L.A. City College of trying to censor campus paper,"
  by Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times, January 28, 2010
• "Why free speech advocates are angry,"
  by Mark Bauerlein, Minding the Campus, January 26, 2010
• "College defends prof who mocked Christians,"
  by Bob Unruh, WorldNetDaily, January 23, 2010
• "Temple University tacks on last-minute fee for free speech event,"
  by J. Peter Freire, Washington Examiner, January 20, 2010
• "My Article 'PC Never Died' in Reason Magazine,"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington Post, January 11, 2010
• "Rights group criticizes Yale,"
  by Jordi Gasso, Yale Daily News, January 11, 2010

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