Home Colleges (Find a School) Northern Illinois University Public University Dekalb, IllinoisSearch all Schools News Speech Code RatingYellowCases 2 NewsDeplatformingsLeader StatementsScholars Under Fire News Dear Universities, If You’re Embarrassed to Enforce Your Free Speech Zone on Camera, Why Have It at All? September 28, 2015 Northern Illinois U. Commits to Rescinding Overbroad Internet Restrictions September 2, 2014 Students Return to Campus Censorship, But Fight Back with FIRE September 2, 2014 Press Release Coverage of NIU’s Response to Filtering Controversy Reveals Fundamental First Amendment Mistakes August 27, 2014 Northern Illinois U. Attempts to Defend Content-Based Internet Restrictions August 21, 2014 Northern Illinois U. Blocks Access to ‘Unethical’ Websites August 20, 2014 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 August 2, 2013 Liberty Requires Tough Choices: The Student Funding Dilemma July 31, 2013 Victory for Freedom of Speech and Religious Liberty at Northern Illinois U; Political and Religious Organizations Finally Get Equal Treatment April 28, 2011 Victory for Freedom of Speech and Religious Liberty at Northern Illinois U; Political and Religious Organizations Finally Get Equal Treatment April 28, 2011 Press Release 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 NIU Recognizes Students for Sensible Drug Policy 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 Greg Lukianoff on 'The Vicki McKenna Show' December 6, 2010 Speech Code of the Month: Northern Illinois University August 5, 2009
Dear Universities, If You’re Embarrassed to Enforce Your Free Speech Zone on Camera, Why Have It at All? September 28, 2015 Northern Illinois U. Commits to Rescinding Overbroad Internet Restrictions September 2, 2014 Students Return to Campus Censorship, But Fight Back with FIRE September 2, 2014 Press Release Coverage of NIU’s Response to Filtering Controversy Reveals Fundamental First Amendment Mistakes August 27, 2014 Northern Illinois U. Attempts to Defend Content-Based Internet Restrictions August 21, 2014 Northern Illinois U. Blocks Access to ‘Unethical’ Websites August 20, 2014 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 August 2, 2013 Liberty Requires Tough Choices: The Student Funding Dilemma July 31, 2013 Victory for Freedom of Speech and Religious Liberty at Northern Illinois U; Political and Religious Organizations Finally Get Equal Treatment April 28, 2011 Victory for Freedom of Speech and Religious Liberty at Northern Illinois U; Political and Religious Organizations Finally Get Equal Treatment April 28, 2011 Press Release 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 NIU Recognizes Students for Sensible Drug Policy 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 Greg Lukianoff on 'The Vicki McKenna Show' December 6, 2010 Speech Code of the Month: Northern Illinois University August 5, 2009
Dear Universities, If You’re Embarrassed to Enforce Your Free Speech Zone on Camera, Why Have It at All? September 28, 2015
Coverage of NIU’s Response to Filtering Controversy Reveals Fundamental First Amendment Mistakes August 27, 2014
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 August 2, 2013
Victory for Freedom of Speech and Religious Liberty at Northern Illinois U; Political and Religious Organizations Finally Get Equal Treatment April 28, 2011
Victory for Freedom of Speech and Religious Liberty at Northern Illinois U; Political and Religious Organizations Finally Get Equal Treatment April 28, 2011 Press Release
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
