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External Media Coverage

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December 2011

• "FIRE's Firefly Victory,"
  by Jacob Sullum, Reason Online, December 29, 2011
• "Neil Gaiman talks 'Firefly,' free speech on campus, and one of the craziest cases of the year,"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington Post, December 29, 2011
• "Neil Gaiman and fans of sci-fi classic ‘Firefly’ save free speech on campus!,"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Daily Caller, December 28, 2011
• "Video: How sci-fi fans put Firefly into the FIRE,"
  by Ed Morrissey, Hot Air, December 28, 2011
• "How Firefly fans and Neil Gaiman used social media to save free speech,"
  by Erik Kain, Forbes, December 27, 2011
• "How Firefly fans saved free speech on campus,"
  by Alex Knapp, Forbes, December 27, 2011
• "Auburn student ordered to take down Ron Paul sign shares his story,"
  by Will Rahn, The Daily Caller, December 22, 2011
• "Who’s afraid of Ron Paul? Apparently, Auburn University,"
  by Peter Bonilla, The Daily Caller, December 22, 2011
• "University ditches controversial social media rules,"
  by Dennis Carter, eCampusNews, December 13, 2011
• "Reload and Fight,"
  by Kaustuv Basu, Inside Higher Ed, December 13, 2011
• "Virginia Tech and the freedom to hold a candlelight vigil,"
  by Robert Shibley, The Daily Caller, December 13, 2011
• "University Of California Campus Police Have History Of Excessive Force Against Protesters,"
  by Tyler Kingkade, The Huffington Post, December 9, 2011
• "Over the Line,"
  by Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed, December 8, 2011
• "Court affirms dismissal of Idaho professor's case,"
  by Associated Press, Idaho Press-Tribune, December 2, 2011
• "OK to discriminate against Christians, says law, Vandy,"
  by Bob Kellogg, One News Now, December 1, 2011

November 2011

• "Free Speech "Zones","
  by John Stossel, FOX Business Online, November 30, 2011
• "Concerns raised about academic freedom over University of Denver professor's punishment,"
  by Kevin Simpson, The Denver Post, November 30, 2011
• "College ignoring professor's freedom,"
  by Bob Kellogg, OneNewsNow, November 28, 2011
• "America is land of free speech, sometimes,"
  by John Stossel, Creators Syndicate, November 22, 2011
• ""Students Are Not The Enemy of . . . Faculty Unless We Invite Them To Be","
  by Robert “K. C.” Johnson, November 21, 2011
• "Pepper Spray Outrage,"
  by Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed, November 21, 2011
• "Sen. Leahy removes potential threat to due process from Violence Against Women Act,"
  by Caroline May, The Daily Caller, November 15, 2011
• "Some Students Grumble About Higher One's Debit Card Fees,"
  by Ann Carrns, The New York Times, November 14, 2011
• "Leahy scraps provision in anti-domestic violence bill following complaints,"
  by Nicole Gaudiano, Burlington Free Press, November 11, 2011
• "Conservative author at Poly urges students to start deciding,"
  by Cynthia Lambert, San Luis Obispo Tribune, November 9, 2011
• "The Politics of Campus Sexual Assault,"
  by Cathy Young, RealClearPolitics, November 6, 2011
• "Carroll: Prof's rights disregarded by DU,"
  by Vincent Carroll, The Denver Post, November 5, 2011
• "UND student back at school,"
  by Levin T. Black, Williston Herald, November 3, 2011
• "Bullying and the Law,"
  by Allie Grasgreen, Inside Higher Ed, November 3, 2011
• "Vanderbilt to religious groups: No beliefs allowed,"
  by Robert Shibley, The Daily Caller, November 1, 2011

October 2011

• "SEPARATE STANDARD: UND changes stance after punishing student for crime police won't charge,"
  by Tu-Uyen Tran, Grand Forks Herald, October 31, 2011
• "Wrongly Accused UND Student Will Not Return To UND,"
  by Staff Editorial, WDAY News 6, October 25, 2011
• "Senate Bill Would Further Undermine Due Process on Campus,"
  by Hans Bader, OpenMarket.org, October 24, 2011
• "Leftist Censors Defeated at UC Santa Barbara,"
  by Arnold Ahlert, FrontPage Magazine, October 21, 2011
• "Do Cleveland County college students have freedom of speech on Facebook?,"
  by Jordan-Ashley Baker, The Shelby Star, October 18, 2011
• "Student banned after debit card/student ID card complaint is reinstated,"
  by Bob Sullivan, The Red Tape Chronicles, October 15, 2011
• "Facebook rant results in student's suspension,"
  by David Ingram, NBC Universal, October 14, 2011
• "University Backs Down Over Firefly Poster Protest,"
  by Andy Chalk, The Escapist, October 14, 2011
• "UNC: Christian belief OKs dumping gay group member,"
  Associated Press, October 14, 2011
• "Student's Facebook post could get him kicked out of college,"
  Gaston Gazette, October 14, 2011
• "Student suspended over Facebook post,"
  United Press International, October 14, 2011
• "NC College Bans Student for Facebook Comment,"
  by Staff Editorial, MyFOX8.com, October 13, 2011
• "Marc Bechtol, Cawtaba Valley Community College Student, Banned After Complaining About Branded Debit Cards,"
  by Adam Kissel, The Huffington Post, October 13, 2011
• "College Bans Student for Complaining About Branded Debit Cards,"
  by Lauri Apple, Gawker, October 13, 2011
• "Free speech: UCSB reimburses College Republicans,"
  by Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, October 13, 2011
• "CVCC Student Banned from Campus After Facebook Post,"
  by Staff Editorial, FOX Charlotte, October 13, 2011
• "Student’s Facebook post could get him kicked out of school,"
  WSOCTV.com, October 13, 2011
• "Facebook posting gets college student in trouble,"
  by Steve Ohnesorge, WBTV.com, October 13, 2011
• "FIRE: Student banned from campus after Facebook post protests college’s deal with debit card company,"
  by Adam Kissel, USA TODAY College, October 13, 2011
• "Free Speech Victory at UC Santa Barbara,"
  FrontPage Magazine, October 13, 2011
• "School bans student from campus after Facebook post ,"
  by Tony Burbeck, WCNC.com, October 13, 2011
• "University of Wisconsin reverses its decision in 'Firefly' censorship case,"
  by Jess d'Arbonne, examiner.com, October 8, 2011
• "Browncoats - 1, Alliance - 0: College changes tune on censorship of 'Firefly' poster,"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Daily Caller, October 7, 2011
• "College Changes Course on Censorship of 'Firefly' Poster,"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington Post, October 7, 2011
• "University of Wisconsin retreats from censorship,"
  by Ed Morrissey, Hot Air, October 5, 2011
• "UW-Stout flip-flops on professor's ‘violent' posters, will allow them,"
  by Andrew Dowd, Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, October 5, 2011
• "'You can't take the sky (or my poster) from me, says UW-Stout prof,"
  by Staff Editorial, The Daily Caller, October 5, 2011
• "University Professor Censored Over... 'Firefly' Poster?,"
  by Adam Baldwin and Liberty Chick, Brietbart.com, October 4, 2011
• "Professor allowed to re-hang controvrsal posters at UW-Stout,"
  by Jamie Paige, Chippewa Valley Post, October 4, 2011
• "BREAKING: Wisconsin University Reverses Decision to Remove 'Firefly' Poster,"
  by Staff Editorial, Big Hollywood, October 4, 2011
• "UW-Stout poster ruling overreaching,"
  by Staff Editorial, TheJournalTimes.com, October 4, 2011
• "UW-Stout chills First Amendment,"
  by Tom Giffey, Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, October 3, 2011
• "Controversial social media rules spark student backlash,"
  by Dennis Carter, eCampus News, October 2, 2011
• "Out of the 'Firefly' into the frying pan,"
  by Deb Anderson, The Dunn County News, October 1, 2011

September 2011

• "'Firefly' censorship debacle gets wildly out of hand at University of Wisconsin,"
  by Jess d'Arbonne, examiner.com, September 30, 2011
• "Bake sale free speech, or bigotry?,"
  by Paul Carpenter, The Morning Call, September 29, 2011
• "Censoring Joss Whedon's Firefly and the Chancellor Who Cried Wolf,"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington Post, September 29, 2011
• "The Speech Police Return to Campus,"
  by Christian Schneider, National Review Online, September 29, 2011
• "University Police & Administration Freak Out Over Nathan Fillion Firefly Poster; Censor, Threaten Professor,"
  by Mike Masnick, Techdirt, September 29, 2011
• "College campus police save students from threat of Firefly poster,"
  by Sean O'Neal, A.V. Club, September 27, 2011
• "THE DARK SIDE: A First Amendment showdown at UW-Stout,"
  by David Ziemer, Wisconsin Law Journal, September 27, 2011
• "Wis. University Allegedly Labels Prof's Movie Poster 'Unacceptable' & Removes It,"
  by Christopher Santarelli, The Blaze, September 27, 2011
• "Vanderbilt University nondiscrimination policy called unfair to religious groups,"
  by Michael Cass and Jennifer Brooks, The Tennessean, September 27, 2011
• "Theater Professor's Firefly Poster Declared a Threat,"
  by Lauri Apple, Gawker, September 27, 2011
• "When Firefly posters are outlawed, only outlaws will have Firefly posters,"
  by Staff Editorial, The Daily Caller, September 26, 2011
• "Insult to injury: Quote from sci-fi classic ‘Firefly’ censored on campus,"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Daily Caller, September 26, 2011
• "The Clear and Present Danger Posed by Space Captains,"
  by Jacob Sullum, Reason.com, September 26, 2011
• "University Threatens Criminal Charges Over Firefly Poster,"
  by Andy Chalk, The Escapist, September 26, 2011
• "Censored Obama insult: Prof. slashes Free Speech on Texas campus with box cutter,"
  by Devonia Smith, examiner.com, September 25, 2011
• "Insult Obama? Not on this campus!,"
  by Robert Shibley, The Daily Caller, September 23, 2011
• "Policy protesters take down sign after use of profanity, damages,"
  by Stephen Green, The Houstonian, September 22, 2011
• "Proposed social media policy draws criticism from campus community,"
  by Stephen Green, The Houstonian, September 15, 2011
• "Proposed UI email policy put on hold,"
  by Julie Wurth, The News-Gazette, September 13, 2011
• "Commemorate 9/11 on campus? Not without a permit!,"
  by Robert Shibley, The Daily Caller, September 13, 2011
• "9/11 and campus censorship ten years later,"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Daily Caller, September 10, 2011
• "Does Harvard Want Bold Thinkers or Good Little Boys and Girls?,"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington Post, September 7, 2011
• "Colleges Forced to Redefine Speech and Assault Codes, Destroy Civil Liberties,"
  by Adam Kissel, Heartlander, September 5, 2011
• "Feds warn colleges: handle sexual assault reports properly,"
  by Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, The Christian Science Monitor, September 2, 2011
• "Editorial: OCR guilty of lowering conviction standards,"
  by Staff Editorial, The Delaware County Daily Times, September 1, 2011

August 2011

• "Standing Up for Due Process on Campus = "Sticking Up for Penises Everywhere?","
  by Adam Kissel, The Huffington Post, August 30, 2011
• "On Sexual Harassment and Title IX,"
  by Robert Smith, Real Clear Politics, August 30, 2011
• "Protesters want Peace to remain all women,"
  by Jane Stancill, The News & Observer, August 30, 2011
• "'FIRE Is Sticking Up for Penises Everywhere',"
  by Jacob Sullum, Reason.com, August 29, 2011
• "Civil rights wronged on campus,"
  by Jennifer C. Braceras, Boston Herald, August 29, 2011
• "The New Rules of College Sex,"
  by Sandy Hingston, Philadelphia magazine, August 26, 2011
• "Brainwashing U,"
  by Robert Shibley, New York Post, August 25, 2011
• "Speaking of freedom,"
  by Staff Editorial, The Augusta Chronicle, August 24, 2011
• "American Association of University Professors expresses concern over Dept. of Education’s new mandates,"
  by Caroline May, The Daily Caller, August 18, 2011
• "Rape should be tough to prove,"
  by Cynthia Bell, The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 14, 2011
• "Spencer: Widener Law School faces objections,"
  by Gil Spencer, The Delaware County Daily Times, August 12, 2011
• "A warning to college parents and grandparents,"
  by Robert Shibley, The Daily Caller, August 11, 2011
• "Kudos to the AAUP,"
  by Peter Wood, The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 4, 2011
• "Harvard instructor under fire for anti-terrorism op-ed attacking Muslims,"
  by C.J. Ciaramella, The Daily Caller, August 1, 2011

July 2011

• "Casual References to Violence Bring Serious Consequences for College Instructors,"
  by Peter Schmidt, The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 31, 2011
• "Opposition mounts to federal govt’s new university sexual harassment rules,"
  by C.J. Ciaramella, The Daily Caller, July 30, 2011
• "Harvard Instructor May Face Removal Over Anti-Muslim Op-Ed,"
  by Ujala Sehgal, The Atlantic Wire, July 30, 2011
• "Faculty committe drops most charges against Widener prof, but the case is far from resolved,"
  by Wade Malcolm, Delaware Online, July 29, 2011
• "At the University of North Dakota, Yes Also Means No,"
  by Jacob Sullum, Reason.com, July 21, 2011
• "Stanford So Smart Even Its Rapists Are Logical,"
  by Tim Cavanaugh, Reason.com, July 21, 2011
• "The feds' mad assault on campus sex,"
  by Samantha Harris, New York Post, July 19, 2011
• "Yes Means Yes--Except on Campus,"
  by Harvey Silverglate, The Wall Street Journal, July 15, 2011
• "Colleges grab Facebook posts to punish student, fire prof,"
  by Bob Unruh, WorldNetDaily, July 13, 2011
• "Graduate Sues College That Barred Him From Commencement,"
  by Marc Parry, The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 11, 2011

June 2011

• "Not Just Florida State,"
  by Dan Berrett, Inside Higher Ed, June 28, 2011
• "Annoy UNC to silence its profs,"
  by Robert Shibley, The Herald-Sun, June 23, 2011
• "Borrowed Gravitas,"
  by Steve Kolowich, Inside Higher Ed, June 22, 2011
• "Feds crack down on campus flirting and sex jokes,"
  by Michael Barone, Washington Examiner, June 21, 2011
• "Tenn. law on online images under constitutional review by state’s attorney general,"
  by Steven Nelson, The Daily Caller, June 16, 2011
• "High school students win free speech cases,"
  by Michael Mayday, The Daily Caller, June 16, 2011
• "The Department of Education, Yale, And the New Threat to Free Speech on Campus,"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington Post, June 15, 2011
• "It's Education, but Higher Is a Misnomer,"
  by Mona Charen, Creators Syndicate, Inc., June 3, 2011
• "Student prohibited from graduation for Facebook comments,"
  by Caroline May, The Daily Caller, June 2, 2011
• "Negative Facebook Post Gets Student Barred From Commencement,"
  by Marc Parry, The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 1, 2011

May 2011

• "The feds' campus Keystone Kops,"
  by Jeffrey Hadden, The Detroit News, May 31, 2011
• "Higher ed: Laurels,"
  by Staff Editorial, Richmond Times-Dispatch, May 29, 2011
• "Speaker David Horowitz Causes Controversy... UCSB Students Fear "Islamophobia","
  by David Horowitz, FrontPage Magazine, May 26, 2011
• "UT recognized for promoting free speech,"
  by Staff Editorial, The Jackson Sun, May 25, 2011
• "Government pressure got frat kicked off campus?,"
  by Caroline May, The Daily Caller, May 24, 2011
• "Yale, the Department of Education, and the looming free speech crisis,"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Daily Caller, May 24, 2011
• "The Seven Best Colleges For Free Speech,"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington Post, May 23, 2011
• "Suppressing Speech at UC Santa Barbara,"
  by Nichole Hungerford, FrontPage Magazine, May 18, 2011
• "The Tyranny of Hurt Feelings,"
  by Mona Charen, Creators Syndicate, Inc., May 17, 2011
• "Falsely accused teachers and students will be harmed by new Education Department policy,"
  by Hans Bader, Washington Examiner, May 16, 2011
• "When Academic Administrators Lose Their Moral Compass,"
  by Michael Zimmerman, The Huffington Post, May 10, 2011
• "Free Speech Under Assault at Sinclair Community College,"
  by Arnold Ahlert, FrontPage Magazine, May 10, 2011
• "Free speech and higher ed,"
  by Deb Thornton, Iowa City Press-Citizen, May 9, 2011
• "Dept of Education orders universities to lower burden of proof in sex crime cases,"
  by Caroline May, The Daily Caller, May 6, 2011
• "UVa plans to revise sexual misconduct policy,"
  by Karin Kapsidelis, The Daily Progress, May 6, 2011
• "UVa plans to revise sexual misconduct policy,"
  by Karin Kapsidelis, The Daily Progress, May 5, 2011

April 2011

• "The SaVE Act: Trading Liberty for Security on Campus,"
  by Wendy Kaminer, The Atlantic, April 25, 2011
• "Civility problems cause uproar on college campuses,"
  by Mary Beth Marklein, USA TODAY, April 25, 2011
• "Liability Reigns Supreme at the Corporate University,"
  by Harvey Silverglate, Forbes, April 22, 2011
• "Free Speech, Academic Freedom, and First Amendment Rights of College Faculty,"
  by David Moshman, The Huffington Post, April 18, 2011
• "Academic mission or UCLA speech code?,"
  by Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle, April 12, 2011
• "Activism on campus: Recent protests, pending policy review bring USU issues to fore,"
  by Kevin Kopsahl, The Herald Journal (Logan, Utah), April 10, 2011
• "Why the Tyler Clementi Act Threatens Free Speech on Campuses,"
  by William Creeley, The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 10, 2011
• "Group: Ohio college's policy violates free speech,"
  by Lisa Cornwell, Associated Press, April 6, 2011
• "Sexual Harassment and the Loneliness of the Civil Libertarian Feminist,"
  by Wendy Kaminer, The Atlantic, April 6, 2011
• "The Green Politics of Reprisals: UCLA's Enstrom Gets a Hearing on His Unfair Dismissal,"
  by Nick Gillespie, Reason, April 4, 2011
• "Call to Action on Sexual Harassment,"
  by Allie Grasgreen, Inside Higher Ed, April 4, 2011
• "Question Environmentalist Orthodoxy, Get Fired?,"
  by David French, National Review Online, April 4, 2011
• "The Smog of Reprisal,"
  by Peter Wood, The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 1, 2011
• "Swallowing Some Horse Pills For Liberty,"
  by Donna Martinez, Carolina Journal Online, April 1, 2011

March 2011

• "Brockport student editor stands fast against accusers,"
  by James Goodman, Democrat and Chronicle, March 30, 2011
• "When students' controversial words go viral, what is the university's role?,"
  by Rick Rojas, Los Angeles Times, March 27, 2011
• "Speech, press and college campuses,"
  by Mike Lafferty, Orlando Sentinel, March 27, 2011
• "UCLA won't discipline creator of controversial video, who later withdraws from university,"
  by Rick Rojas and Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times, March 19, 2011
• "UCLA Student Off Hook for Video Rant Against Asians,"
  by Staff Editorial, ABC News, March 18, 2011
• "First Amendment protects ‘Asians in the library’ video, group reminds UCLA,"
  by Steven Nelson, The Daily Caller, March 16, 2011
• "Fed instructs teachers to Facebook creep students,"
  by Neil Munro, The Daily Caller, March 16, 2011
• "Protecting speech on college campus,"
  by William E. Lee, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 15, 2011
• "1st Amendment protects speech we despise, too,"
  by Nat Hentoff, WorldNetDaily, March 9, 2011
• "In Defense of Uncivil Speech,"
  by Robert Shibley, Pajamas Media, March 6, 2011
• "Schools up efforts to ID at-risk students,"
  by Jennifer Reeger, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, March 6, 2011
• "Censorship or a Mirage?,"
  by Steve Kolowich, Inside Higher Ed, March 4, 2011

February 2011

• "New Wesleyan policy bans student use of unapproved houses,"
  by Claire Michalewicz, The Middletown Press, February 24, 2011
• "Wesleyan University Students Complain New Housing Policy Exerts Too Much Control,"
  by Patrick Manning, FOXNews.com, February 21, 2011
• "Yale University's (and the Media's) Free Speech Problem,"
  by Michael Rubin, COMMENTARY, February 21, 2011
• "Race at Alabama February 11, 2011 ,"
  by Allie Grasgreen, Inside Higher Ed, February 11, 2011
• "College campus holy wars,"
  by Terry Mattingly, Scripps Howard News Service, February 10, 2011
• "First Amendment is safe at UVa, W&M,"
  by Michael F. Cochrane, Daily Press, February 5, 2011
• "Presidential Art Critic,"
  by Sam Petulla, Inside Higher Ed, February 3, 2011
• "2L Glad He’s No Longer a 'Pariah' After Syracuse Drops Probe of Satirical Blog,"
  by Debra Cassens Weiss, ABA Journal, February 2, 2011
• "Syracuse University law student learns there's a limit to free speech,"
  by Abram Brown, syracuse.com, February 1, 2011
• "Marshall looks at free speech policies,"
  by Davin White, The Charleston Gazette, February 1, 2011

January 2011

• "Colleges increase efforts to identify violent students,"
  by Brian Freskos, StarNewsOnline, January 30, 2011
• "Marshall rated as one of worst schools for free speech,"
  by Staff Editorial, Huntington Herald-Dispatch, January 28, 2011
• "Backlash over firing of pro-Palestinian professor,"
  by Justin Elliott, Salon.com, January 28, 2011
• "The 12 Worst Colleges For Free Speech,"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington Post, January 27, 2011
• "Colleges balance security, scrutiny,"
  by Jenna Ross, Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 20, 2011
• "Greg Lukianoff on First Amendment Freedoms on Campus,"
  by Chris Buchignani, Inside Academia.tv, January 17, 2011
• "UC Berkeley chancellor's e-mail linking Tucson rampage to issue of immigration draws criticism,"
  by Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, January 14, 2011
• "Students' rights weighed as colleges try to assess threats,"
  by Mary Beth Marklein, USA TODAY, January 14, 2011
• "Free Speech, Dangerous Speech, and Scootergate (Video),"
  by Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington Post, January 13, 2011
• "UC Berkeley Chancellor Blames Arizona Shooting on 'Hateful Speech',"
  by Adam Kissel, The Huffington Post, January 11, 2011
• "Stop Making Laws Named After People Who Die,"
  by Matt Welch, reason.com, January 7, 2011
• "Bullying Free Speech,"
  by Harvey Silverglate, Forbes, January 6, 2011
• "Sens. Lautenberg, Holt plan to reintroduce anti-bullying bill named for Tyler Clementi,"
  by Raju Chebium, Daily Record, January 5, 2011
• "No Talking in Class,"
  by Staff Editorial, Utne Reader, January 3, 2011

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