University of Rhode Island
Location: Kingston, RI 02881
Website: http://www.uri.edu
Speech Code Rating
University of Rhode Island has been given a speech code rating of Yellow. You may read more about this institution's speech codes at this page.
- University of Rhode Island: Student Senate Attempts to Compel Speech
FIRE Cases at University of Rhode Island
- Robert L. Shibley: Fighting for free speech on 2 R.I. campuses, The Providence Journal, January 18, 2008
- Under FIRE: Campus speech regulations once again, The New York Times - “Think Again” Blog, April 30, 2007
- Satiric scholarship creates First Amendment firestorm, The Evening Bulletin, April 27, 2007
- Campus Watch: They dared to joke, New York Post, April 24, 2007
- College GOP group derecognized for anti-PC stunt, CNSNews.com, April 20, 2007
- University of Rhode Island student groups duel over free speech, FOXNews.com, April 20, 2007
- Republican student group’s decision to sponsor satirical, whites-only scholarship starts row, International Herald Tribune, April 18, 2007
- GOP group protests apology demands over whites-only scholarship, The Boston Globe, April 18, 2007
- Carothers: Senate can’t ‘impose sanctions’ on College Republicans, The Good Five Cent Cigar (University of Rhode Island), April 18, 2007
Recent Media Coverage of University of Rhode Island
- This Month in FIRE History: Student Senate Attempts to Compel Speech, April 30, 2010
- Op Ed by FIRE VP in ‘The Providence Journal’, January 21, 2008
- John Leo on Censorship Tactics in ‘The New York Sun’, May 3, 2007
- Victory for Free Expression at the University of Rhode Island, April 26, 2007
- URI Student Senate Meeting Determines CRs’ Fate Tonight, April 25, 2007
- FIRE’s Case at URI Hits the Media, April 20, 2007
- URI President Carothers Responds to FIRE Ally, April 18, 2007
- URI Student Senate Committee Votes to Derecognize College Republicans, April 18, 2007
- University of Rhode Island President Forbids Student Senate from Imposing Unconstitutional Sanctions, April 12, 2007
- Police State U, October 18, 2005
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