Archive for the 'SAF' Category

University of Virginia Eliminates All Speech Codes, Earning FIRE’s ‘Green Light’ Rating

This week, the University of Virginia (UVa) confirmed that it had eliminated the last of its policies that unconstitutionally restricted the free speech of students and faculty members.

October 29th, 2010
Topic: SAF

Academia’s Hate-America Presses

Each year America’s university presses produce hundreds of tracts extolling the virtues of pacifism, radical environmentalism, open borders, and socialism.

October 11th, 2010
Topic: SAF

Every Color but Camo: Campus Bigotry a Social Threat

“High End” colleges discriminate against the military.

October 8th, 2010
Topic: SAF

Pajamas Media » A New Look at the Federal Suit Against Arizona’s Immigration Law

A New Look at the Federal Suit Against Arizona’s Immigration Law Several Supreme Court cases may hold the key to Arizona’s defense against Washington’s overreach. October 5, 2010 – by Ronald Rotunda A new Arizona law requires police engaged in a lawful stop or arrest to ask about a person’s legal status if there is [...]

October 5th, 2010
Topic: SAF

Censorship of Anti-Terrorism Art Exhibit Documented in New FIRE Video

A Penn State student’s “Portraits of Terror” art exhibit was censored by the university because it satirized Islamic terrorism

October 4th, 2010
Topic: SAF

The Defense of Radical Teaching

For a few years now, distinguished literary scholar Gerald Graff has been disputing with “social justice” professors and “radical teachers” over the proper use of authority in the classroom.

September 20th, 2010
Topic: SAF

How a Conservative Organization Got Kicked Off of a College Campus

Students handing out literature critical of President Obama from the Heritage Foundation are forced to close down their booth at a student activities fair.

September 14th, 2010
Topic: SAF

Brooklyn College Assigns a Book

Brooklyn College’s summer reading selection offers diatribes against Israel.

September 3rd, 2010
Topic: SAF

Worse Than Ward Churchill

Contrary to popular belief, Churchill is not the biggest lunatic to (dis)grace higher education in recent years. That honor goes to Julio Pino of Kent State University.

August 24th, 2010
Topic: SAF

Yes, Elite Colleges Are Biased Against Poor Whites

Another blow against “affirmative action” policies.

August 6th, 2010
Topic: SAF