Press Releases

December

• 12/30/2008, Liberty on Campus in 2008: FIRE’s Year in Review
• 12/15/2008, FIRE Report: Public Universities Overwhelmingly Violate First Amendment
• 12/10/2008, Student Government Leader at Michigan State University Found Guilty of ‘Spamming’ after Criticizing Administrative Decision
• 12/04/2008, Michigan State University Student Faces Suspension for ‘Spam’ after E-Mailing Professors

November

• 11/17/2008, Victory for Freedom of Speech at Binghamton University Department of Social Work
• 11/13/2008, Binghamton University Department of Social Work Declares War on Student for Posters Criticizing Department and Government Agency
• 11/06/2008, Victory for Freedom of Speech: Temple College Reverses Censorship of Cartoon, Nietzsche Quote

October

• 10/29/2008, Quinnipiac University Threatens Student Group for Associating with Off-Campus Newspaper
• 10/20/2008, “Top Ten Gun Safety Tips” Censored at Lone Star College in Texas
• 10/15/2008, With Election Weeks Away, Political Speech Under Attack on America’s Campuses

September

• 09/30/2008, After Free Speech Victory in Federal Court, FIRE Sends Warning to Public Universities Violating the First Amendment
• 09/17/2008, Victory for Free Speech at Valdosta State University
• 09/16/2008, Victory for Free Speech at University of Delaware
• 09/08/2008, FIRE Goes Back to School with New Scholarships, Resources, and Facebook Tools for Students

August

• 08/25/2008, FIRE Exposes Unrepentant Abusers of Liberty in ‘U.S. News’ College Rankings Issue
• 08/04/2008, Victory for Free Speech as Third Circuit Issues Ruling against Temple University

July

• 07/08/2008, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis Attacks Student Cleared of Racial Harassment

June

• 06/26/2008, Colorado College Board of Trustees Backs School in Punishing Students for ‘Violent’ Parody
• 06/05/2008, Censorship at Harvard University: Administration Threatened to Cancel ‘Barely Legal’ Party Due to Event’s Name
• 06/03/2008, FIRE Launches College Student Video Contest, Announces New ‘Voices of Vision’ Episode

May

• 05/22/2008, Tarrant County College Bans Symbolic ‘Empty Holster' Protest; Banishes Students with Dissenting Opinions to Small Free Speech Zone
• 05/07/2008, Federal Lawsuit Filed against Shippensburg University as School Blatantly Violates Settlement Repealing Unconstitutional Speech Codes
• 05/01/2008, Victory at IUPUI: Student-Employee Found Guilty of Racial Harassment for Reading a Book Now Cleared of All Charges

April

• 04/28/2008, Colorado College Denies Appeal of Students Responsible for ‘Violent’ Parody
• 04/09/2008, Lake Superior State University Violates Free Expression Rights

March

• 03/31/2008, Colorado College Punishes, Deems Students “Violent” for Satirical Flyer
• 03/11/2008, Twin Victories for Free Expression at Montclair State and Central Washington Universities
• 03/04/2008, Victory over Unconstitutional Speech Codes: San Francisco State University Settles Lawsuit with College Republicans in Favor of Free Speech
• 03/03/2008, FIRE Challenges Valdosta State University’s Free Speech Zone in New Video

February

• 02/27/2008, FIRE Launches Fully Redesigned Campus Freedom Network Website
• 02/22/2008, Community College Fires Professor for Discussing ‘Nature versus Nurture’ in Classroom
• 02/06/2008, FIRE Launches Multimedia Project on Website

January

• 01/29/2008, Victory at St. Louis Community College
• 01/23/2008, Brandeis University Tramples Free Speech and Academic Freedom
• 01/17/2008, Victory for Free Speech at Valdosta State University
• 01/10/2008, Student Files Federal Lawsuit Against Valdosta State University After Expulsion for Peaceful Protest
• 01/08/2008, St. Louis Community College Makes Mockery of Due Process

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