Recently, the College Republicans at NYU were forced to postpone a speech by Lucian Wintrich, a gay Trump supporter and White House correspondent. According to the group’s Facebook page, “Unfortunately, the NYU Antifa decided he’s a fascist because he […]
Recently, when University of California-San Diego invited the Dalai Lama to speak at its commencement ceremonies the school probably figured they had a safe choice; he is the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and is a well-respected international leader. […]
Recently, American Enterprise Institute’s Middlebury College invited conservative social scientist and scholar Charles Murray to speak on campus. Murray is controversial for a few chapters in a book he wrote about poverty and intelligence and race. Regardless, it should […]
In April 2016, students at University of Alabama-Hunstville were offended that then-Senator Jeff Sessions would be speaking at graduation, due to his support of Donald Trump. Even though Sessions was a popular Senator from Alabama, the students wanted their […]
In 2011, according to FIRE, “the student groups SHSU Lovers of Liberty, Bearkat Democrats, Young Democratic Socialists, and College Republicans sponsored the display of a “free speech wall,” on which students were invited to write any message they wanted.” […]
In 2016, College Republicans at Dartmouth College wanted to put up a pro-police display in the student center. Having gained permission to do so, they placed a display with signs like “Blue Lives Matter” and stats about cops killed […]
Recently, after President Trump released his controversial executive order on refugees, students at UC-Irvine hosted a rally to oppose the executive order. While the event was originally supposed to be about the perceived Islamophobia in his order, as well […]
In 2014, pro-life Clemson students placed crosses on campus to remember those lives lost to abortion. According to Campus Reform, “While the crosses were pulled out of the ground, broken, and placed in a pile, SFL’s club banner and the three […]
In 2014, Cal-Berkeley invited comedian and political commentator Bill Maher to its December commencement, partially because it was the 50th anniversary of the famous Free Speech Movement at the school. However, after making comments critical of Islam, some students […]
In February 2016, the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics I(IOP) hosted a series of speeches and discussions by candidates for Cook County State’s Attorney. This included controversial incumbent Anita Alvarez, who many had criticized for mishandling a police […]
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