Current Action Campaigns
Read below to learn about FIRE's current campaigns for the rights of students and faculty, and get involved by contacting the administrators responsible for violating their rights!
Purdue University Calumet Punishes Professor Who Criticized Muslims
A professor has filed a free speech lawsuit against Purdue University Calumet after the university punished him in the wake of his remarks about Muslims on Facebook. The PUC Muslim Student Association and several students and faculty members had filed harassment complaints against professor Maurice Eisenstein after he criticized moderate Muslims who he believed had not condemned “radical Muslim” terrorism in Nigeria. Two faculty members had also filed retaliation complaints against Eisenstein, who came to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) for help.
Tell Purdue University Calumet to stop chilling free speech today!>>
Writing about Attraction to Professors Gets Student Suspended
Oakland University in Metro Detroit has suspended a student for three semesters, barred him from campus, and demanded he undergo “sensitivity” counseling because he wrote in a class assignment that he found his instructors attractive. While the course specifically permitted students to write creatively about any topic, the university bizarrely chose to classify his writing as “unlawful individual activities.” Joseph Corlett came to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) for help.
Write to Oakland's President and Board of Trustees and ask them to save the First Amendment at Oakland University today!>>
Auburn University Bans Ron Paul Banner from Dorm Room Window; University Selectively Enforces New Posting Policy
Auburn University has ordered a Ron Paul for President campaign banner removed from the inside of a dorm room window while allowing numerous other banners, stickers, and flags to remain posted. Student Eric Philips, who was ordered to remove his sign in November 2011, gathered photographic evidence of the double standard and came to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) for help. Auburn has since claimed the regulations are a matter of "safety," while continuing with its lax enforcement.
Write to Auburn President Jay Gogue and ask Auburn to stand up for freedom of expression today!>>
Professor Takes Box Cutter to Students' Free Speech Wall at Sam Houston State University; Police Threaten Students with Charges over Profanity about President Obama
A professor at Sam Houston State University (SHSU) used a box cutter to cut an insult against President Obama out of a "free speech wall" promoted by four student organizations. When campus police arrived, an officer demanded that the students censor the wall or else face criminal charges for having offended the professor. The students have come to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) for help.
Contact President Gibson and tell SHSU to respect free speech today!>>
Conservative Student Group Silenced at Bucknell
Bucknell has repeatedly shut down controversial events by the Bucknell University Conservatives Club and has responded to FIRE's public criticism by hiding behind flimsy excuses. Tell Bucknell to stop inventing excuses and allow its students to enjoy the free speech right to which they have been explicitly promised.
Demand that Bucknell respect the rights of all its students »
