Tag - #freespeech

Students Protest Charles Murray By Swearing

Recently, social scientist Charles Murray spoke at Indiana University-Bloomington. Protestors outside yelled things like “Fuck Charles Murray” and banged pots and made noise outside where he was speaking.
 

Protests over speaker Charles Murray are taking place outside Presidents Hall where […]

Student Government Wanted To Defund Newspaper Over Satire

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 […]

School Postpones American Sniper Screening

In 2014, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute postponed a screening of “American Sniper” after complaints from the Muslim Student Association. This is one of several postponements of the film, as Muslim student groups complain the movie stigmatizes Muslims or promotes Islamophobia.
Source: https://petitions.union.rpi.edu/petitions/ehkGekY6hzXwtLmnR
http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=6437

Students Mad That Public Tweets Were Shared

In 2014, Daniel Mael, a Brandeis University student shared several tweets from a fellow student, Khadijah Lynch, which discussed racial and policing issues. Mael, a reporter for Ben Shapiro’s website Truth Revolt, was accused of “cyber stalking” and “libel” according […]

Professors Upset Free Speech Is Being Used By Conservatives

Recently, professors at California Polytechnic circulated a petition asking for the president of the university to ban Milo Yiannopoulos from campus. The petition said in part, “President Armstrong, if you are truly committed to diversity and inclusivity, please honor […]

School Employee Suggests Destroying File For College Republicans

Recently, Erin Murdock, a student employee at Mount Holyoke College joked about destroying the student organization file for College Republicans on Snapchat. The school said they are investigating the situation.
Source: http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=8708