Northern Illinois University
Location: Dekalb, IL 60115
Website: http://www.niu.edu
Speech Code Rating
Northern Illinois University has been given a speech code rating of Red. You may read more about this institution's speech codes at this page.
- FIRE Speech Code Memorandum for Northern Illinois University, September 11, 2012, September 11, 2012
Speech Code Memos For Northern Illinois University
- Mohammed Cartoon Controversy: FIRE Response to Intimidation and Newspaper Disputes
- Northern Illinois University: Unequal Treatment of Political and Religious Student Organizations
FIRE Cases at Northern Illinois University
- 5 More of the Worst Free Speech Violations on College Campuses, PolicyMic, September 12, 2012
- 5 Free Speech Threats to Watch Out for on Campus This Election Season, PolicyMic, September 11, 2012
- NIU Recognizes Students for Sensible Drug Policy, reason.com, December 10, 2010
- What's a Group Gotta Do to Post a Flyer Around Here?, reason.com, December 8, 2010
- Objectivists host panel on Danish cartoons, Chicago Maroon, November 30, 2006
- When Speech Becomes a Crime, San Francisco Chronicle, June 28, 2006
- U.S. media response to cartoons skewered, Chicago Tribune, April 26, 2006
- 'Free speech' cries ring hollow on college campuses and beyond, USA Today, April 19, 2006
- Speech codes choke off discourse, satire, The Daily Reveille (Louisiana State Univ.), April 6, 2006
- The image of hypocrisy, The Boston Phoenix, March 29, 2006
- Images offensive to Muslims are debated, Baltimore Sun, March 14, 2006
- College Urged to Stop Censoring Prof's Display of Muslim Cartoons, Agape Press, March 13, 2006
Recent Media Coverage of Northern Illinois University
- Victory for Freedom of Speech and Religious Liberty at Northern Illinois U; Political and Religious Organizations Finally Get Equal Treatment, April 28, 2011
- Under Pressure from FIRE, Northern Illinois U. Finally Recognizes ‘Students for Sensible Drug Policy,’ But Double Standards and Other First Amendment Violations Persist, December 10, 2010
- 'Reason' Senior Editor Jacob Sullum on Student Rights at NIU, December 8, 2010
- Take Action: Tell NIU to Meet Its First Amendment Obligations, December 6, 2010
- Northern Illinois U. Kicks 'Students for Sensible Drug Policy' off Campus for Its Views; Campus Policy Attempts to Overrule 5 out of 5 Rights in the First Amendment, December 6, 2010
- Greg Lukianoff on 'The Vicki McKenna Show', December 6, 2010
- Is Nothing Sacred? Comedy Central Joins Many Universities in Caving to Threats of Violence for Depictions of Mohammed, April 23, 2010
- Speech Code of the Month: Northern Illinois University , August 5, 2009
