Table of Contents
FIRE VP to Speak at Red Alert School Tomorrow
This Wednesday, February 22, FIRE Vice President of Programs Adam Kissel will address two student audiences at Michigan State University (MSU) in East Lansing. MSU earned its place on FIRE's Red Alert list in 2008, when a student was found guilty of "spamming" for emailing a select group of professors about proposed changes to the school calendar. Moreover, MSU broadened its definition of "spamming" to include sending the same unsolicited email to more than 10 friends, classmates, or faculty within 48 hours. Due to this egregious case and the overbroad spamming policy, MSU was named one of FIRE's "12 Worst Colleges for Free Speech" in The Huffington Post in 2011.
FIRE supporters in the East Lansing area will have two opportunities tomorrow to hear Adam speak:
GUILTY: University Evidentiary Standards, Kangaroo Courts, and the Denial of Due Process
12 pm
Law College Building, Room 474
Sponsored by the MSU Federalist SocietyRed Alert: How MSU and Colleges Nationwide Violate Free Speech
8 pm
Wonders Hall, C-103
Sponsored by the MSU Campus Conservatives and the MSU College Republicans
To request a FIRE speaker for your school, visit our Speakers Bureau page or email me at jaclyn@thefire.org.
Recent Articles
FIRE’s award-winning Newsdesk covers the free speech news you need to stay informed.
![Photo of FIRE plaintiff Susan Hogarth holding up her phone showing her ballot selfie](/sites/default/files/styles/334x250/public/2024/08/Susan%20Hogarth%20North%20Carolina%20Ballot%20Selfies_90.jpg.webp?itok=RvOod4sB)
LAWSUIT: North Carolina woman challenges state’s unconstitutional ‘ballot selfie’ ban
![Eastpointe victory](/sites/default/files/styles/334x250/public/2024/04/Screen%20Shot%202024-04-17%20at%208.44.23%20AM.png.webp?itok=ofuX4f8f)
FIRE announces block party to celebrate Michigan town’s inaugural First Amendment Day
![First Amendment News logo with Ronald Collins signature](/sites/default/files/styles/334x250/public/2023/06/FAN__Web%20image%20w-%20Signature.png.webp?itok=9IBJ_qCK)
A few reflections on the Benjamin Gitlow story as that landmark case nears its centennial anniversary — First Amendment News 436
![Free Speech Dispatch featured image with Sarah McLaughlin](/sites/default/files/styles/334x250/public/2024/03/free%20speech%20dispatch%20featured%20image.png.webp?itok=XK3DRzXv)