“Is Campus Censorship the New Normal?” in Free Inquiry Magazine By Greg Lukianoff Check out the latest issue of Free Inquiry magazine which features an article by my colleague Will Creeley and me that explores how censorship of campus speech ends up hurting all of us in the long run. The article, entitled “Is Campus [...]

We always hear in the West that women who choose to don the veil are doing so of their own free will, and are perfectly free not to wear it. Yet the leader of the students’ union at Aliah University is willing to put this kind of pressure on Sirin…

Victory for Free Speech on Campus: Mississippi College Reverses Punishment of Student for Swearing Outside of Class July 28, 2010 JACKSON, Miss., July 28, 2010—Isaac Rosenbloom is again able to pursue advanced training as a paramedic at Hinds Community College (HCC) now that the school has reversed its punishment against him for swearing a single [...]

A new group of gay, lesbian and bisexual active duty military men and women has formed. Calling itself OutServe, the group “aims to give new voice to LGBT service members currently serving in the U.S. military,” says The Washington Blade, a DC based website targeting the LGBT community.
Great. “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”  (DADT) hasn’t even [...]

U of I to review removal of religion professor Teacher barred after discussion of Catholic position on homosexuality By Manya A. Brachear, Tribune reporter Faculty at the University of Illinois will review the case of a religion professor removed from the classroom after a student labeled his explanation of the Roman Catholic teaching on homosexuality [...]

How Diversity Punishes Asians, Poor Whites and Lots of Others By Russell K. Nieli When college presidents and academic administrators pay their usual obeisance to “diversity” you know they are talking first and foremost about race. More specifically, they are talking about blacks. A diverse college campus is understood as one that has a student [...]

How to Resist the Nazism on Campus By Calvin Freiburger The fallout from Jumanah Imad Albahri’s May statements in support of Jewish genocide and similar incidents isn’t quite finished. United Press International reports that Jewish groups have sent a joint statement to the University of California challenging them to do more about anti-Semitism in their [...]

What Happened at Berkeley in November By Donald A. Downs We now have a long and fascinating report by the campus police review board on last fall’s disruptive protests at the University of California, Berkeley. The 128-page document, entitled “November 20, 2009: Review, Reflection, and Recommendations,” released in mid-June, is the product of months of [...]

The fallout from Jumanah Imad Albahri’s May statements in support of Jewish genocide and similar incidents isn’t quite finished. United Press International reports that Jewish groups have sent a joint statement to the University of California challenging them to do more about anti-Semitism in their midst:
In a June 28 letter to Mark Yudof, the university [...]

How will the Supreme Court’s ruling in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez affect campus policy?