Suppressed Speech Week at College Insurrection

MIKE LACHANCE FEB 21, 2015 8:30 AM

The American college campus should be a place that celebrates free speech. And yet…

• University of Michigan Students Were Questioned About Free Speech — With Alarming Results

Why is free speech always an issue?

• Columbia Student Paper to End Comment Sections on Sex Assault Articles
• Conservative Writer Katie Pavlich Barred From Speaking at Oxford Debate Society
• Slate Argues College Students Are Really Children And Don’t Need Free Speech

Luckily, we have organizations like FIRE.

• FIRE Calls Marquette’s Subversion of Free Speech Dangerous
• FIRE is Making a Big Difference for Free Speech on Campus
• What do Texas License Plates Have to do With Free Speech on Campus?

Point and counterpoint.

• University of California Student Government Votes to Divest from America
• Maybe America Should Divest from the University of California

More BDS related news…

• Northwestern University Student Government Votes to Divest From Israel
• DePaul Students Claim Divestment from Israel is a Queer Feminist Issue

Meanwhile, over in Wisconsin.

• After Budget Cuts at U. Wisconsin, Protesters Pledge to Shutdown Campus
• Wisconsin College Republicans Attacked With Vile Language for Defending Scott Walker

Rape culture update.

• College Student Barred from Housing Because he Reminded a Girl of Her Rapist
• Law Profs at Penn Blast School’s Sexual Misconduct Policy
• Football Players At The University Of Tennessee Facing Rape Allegations

Here’s a good question. Hint: The answer is yes.

• Prager University – Do the Rich Pay Their Fair Share?

Greek news.

• Greek Life Allows Students to Find A Second Family
• An Inside Look at How Greek Life Was Almost Abolished at Dartmouth

The higher ed bubble grows.

• South Carolina State University to Close for Two Years
• Sky High Debt Makes College Grads Live With Parents
• College Freshmen Depression Levels All-Time High

The Second Amendment on campus.

• UT Students Vote Against 2nd Amendment Rights on Campus
• Nevada Legislature Introduces Campus Carry Bill

Oops.

• Carnegie Mellon Accidentally Admits 800 Extra Students
• Donors Who Made Major Gift to Chapman University Want Their Money Back

Of course.

• University of Michigan ‘Activism’ Class Teaches Capitalism Should be Overthrown
• University Prep School Includes White Privilege and Social Justice in Physics Class

Compare and contrast…

• ISIS Militants Seize University in Libya
• Yale Global Warming Protest Cancelled Due to Snow

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