Tag - #freespeech

School Upset Over Straight Pride Posters

In 2015 students at Youngstown State put up satirical “Straight Pride” posters to mock LGBT events going on on campus. The school became upset over the posters and removed the posters, in violation of First Amendment protections.
Source: https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/22588/

School Tries To Block Pro-Life Club

Recently, Queens College reversed course on an activities committee inexplicably denying a pro-life group from starting on campus. The school changed their minds although a lawsuit against the school has not been dropped. According to College Fix, “The committee refused […]

YAF Stopped From Promoting Guns On Campus

In 2013, Texas Christian University stopped Young Americans For Freedom from using posters which promoted gun safety and a gun raffle. According to College Fix, “Texas Christian University officials refused to allow a conservative student group to distribute fliers promoting its pro-Second Amendment […]

Thomas Jefferson’s University Upset About So Many Jefferson Quotes

In 2016, “Nearly 500 members of campus signed a letter to UVA President Teresa Sullivan criticizing her for continuously including Jefferson quotes in emails—particularly in her post-election message to campus. ‘For many of us, the inclusion of Jefferson quotations […]

Libertarian Professor Battles School Over Bias Response Team

In 2016, South Korean-born University of Oregon professor Kyu Ho Youm decided to take on the school’s Bias Response Team, criticizing its effect on free speech and promoting a big government mentality. Youm, referencing the oppressive political environment he […]

Leftists At Clemson Promote Political Violence

Recently, members of the leftist group “Antifa” at Clemson University hung posters calling for violence against “fascists”, which is Antifa’s term for conservatives, Republicans, and Trump supporters (not actual fascists). The posters said such things like “Fascism is not […]

University Tries To Punish Libertarian Club, Claims Copyright Protection

In 2015, University of California-Davis administrators tried to punish the Ayn Rand Society, claiming that the group violated trademark policy. The group had used the named “Ayn Rand Society at UC Davis” on its club page, which the school […]

Administrator Intimidates Student Reporters

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 […]