In 2015, SUNY-Buffalo’s student newspaper The Record published an April Fool’s edition with satirical articles. Members of the United Student Government tried to freeze student funds allocated to the group over the newspaper, but later backtracked. According to Campus Reform they ” backed […]
In 2015, several student journalists at Fairmont State University reported on the presence of mold in campus dorms and the university mishandling of the situation. An administrator, J. Robert Baker, allegedly intimidated the reporters for giving the school bad […]
Recently, Santa Clara University forced the school’s newspaper to remove a quote by a donor, which criticized Geoffrey Mungal, the Dean of Engineering at the school. Donor John Sobrato, had recently donated $100 million and the newspaper originally printed […]
In 2014, during a labor dispute, the President of Pensacola State Colleged banned faculty members from talking to student reporters. According to Campus Reform, “Pensacola administrators cited a state code that has been ruled unconstitutional by state and federal court, […]
Turning Point USA members at Grand Valley State University were threatened with arrest in Fall 2016 for practicing their free speech rights outside of the designated free speech zones. According to Michigan Live, “They say campus police and administrators told […]
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.” […]
Recently, the student newspaper at University of Texas-Austin faced a troubling idea; neither candidate for editor-in-chief supported full free speech rights. According to the College Fix, one candidate says free speech doesn’t extend to hostile views or ‘racist views and […]
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