From the Blog
A 'Bake Sale' Protest at Aquinas College (Bucknell, Are You Listening?)A perennial topic of consternation on college campuses is the "affirmative action bake sale" protest that groups opposed to affirmative action hold with some regularity on college campuses. If you don't recall or haven't heard of these protests, they take the form of bake sales where people of different ethnicities are charged different suggested amounts for baked goods, with whites and Asians paying the most and African-Americans and Native Americans paying the least. The different prices are meant to signify the advantage in college admissions that opponents of affirmative action argue such policies give to certain ... Robert Shibley | Thursday, 2 February 2012 Read more |
Former FIRE Intern: UNC Should Not Be Comfortable With Unconstitutional PoliciesDavid Deerson, a former FIRE intern and current University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill junior, penned an excellent letter to the editor published in today’s edition of The Daily Tar Heel. His letter responds to an article from Tuesday, which reported that UNC’s vice chancellor for student affairs Winston Crisp is comfortable with the school’s “yellow light” rating from FIRE. David ... Jaclyn Hall | Wednesday, 1 February 2012 Read more |
'Daily Tar Heel' Article Shows that Free Speech Has a Long Way to Go at UNCFresh off reviewing our recently issued speech code report, the Daily Tar Heel at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (UNC) highlights the fact that UNC at present maintains three "yellow light" speech codes infringing upon students' freedom of expression. These policies have no place at an institution like UNC that not only is legally obligated to uphold the First Amendment, but is morally obligated to follow through on its statements of being an institution committed to free speech and the exchange of ... Azhar Majeed | Tuesday, 31 January 2012 Read more |
Oregon Community College Drops Free Speech ZoneLast week, Chemeketa Community College (CCC) in Salem, Oregon, made significant changes to its "Free Speech Guidelines" and "Student Rights and Responsibilities Policy," which now allow students to spontaneously gather on campus. The revisions have done away with previous restrictions on constitutionally protected speech, as reported by the Alliance Defense ... Lyzi Diamond | Tuesday, 31 January 2012 Read more |
