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Former FIRE Intern Urges College Students to Fight for Free Speech

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November 30, 2010

2010 FIRE intern Casey Given wrote an excellent blog post for Students For Liberty today drawing attention to the University of Virginia's new green-light Spotlight rating and encouraging liberty-minded students to use FIRE as a resource to fight for free speech on their campuses.

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