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FIRE launches massive off-campus expansion to defend free expression everywhere

Charlotte Hazard - Liberty University — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 04:02:46 +0000

$75 million initiative ‘will focus on three main areas of programming: litigation, public education, and research’ The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, one of the oldest and most prestigious and effective groups defending free speech on college campuses, is expanding its battlefield. FIRE recently announced it will expand into off-campus free speech advocacy. The group stated the…

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Controversial Penn Law Professor Amy Wax appears next on cancel culture chopping block

Charlotte Hazard - Liberty University — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 04:05:36 +0000

An administrative sanctions probe into controversial University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Professor Amy Wax reaches its six-month mark as June arrives, and some observers speculate the tenured scholar may soon be fired. Wax, who has taught at Penn for two-plus decades, has made several comments that have prompted numerous calls for her termination. It started with an op-ed in 2017 in…

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New Middle Ages book aiming for inclusivity accused of still being too white

Charlotte Hazard - Liberty University — Thu, 26 May 2022 04:41:29 +0000

A relatively new book about the Middle Ages that includes the stories of women and minorities has been accused of whitewashing history and centering white males, prompting a lively debate among medieval scholars. “The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe” aimed to be inclusive and correct misconceptions about the Middle Ages. It is authored by Matthew Gabriele…

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New oversight policy will ‘destroy, silence’ center that features contrarian arguments, director warns

Charlotte Hazard - Liberty University — Fri, 13 May 2022 04:13:26 +0000

Forced to hand its oversight over ‘to an administrative apparatchik’ The director of Saint Vincent College’s Center for Political and Economic Thought said he is concerned a new pre-approval policy for guest lectures will harm the academic freedom and free discourse the program has enjoyed for many years. Brad Watson, who leads the center and is also a political science professor at the…

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College hosts ‘Why Ban Books’ event amid national debate over book banning

Charlotte Hazard - Liberty University — Mon, 02 May 2022 04:01:26 +0000

Professor: ‘I think that people who try to ban books are acting from a place of rationality’ From attempts to cancel conservative Matt Walsh’s “Johnny the Walrus” anti-trans children’s book to parents calling for pulling sexually explicit novels and comics from school libraries, the topic of banning books is a large part of today’s national discourse. Amid that backdrop…

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‘Black privilege’ speech prompts college to create pre-approval policy for guest lectures

Charlotte Hazard - Liberty University — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 05:19:02 +0000

A speech recently given at Saint Vincent College on “black privilege” caused controversy and prompted administrators to create a new policy that allows them to pre-approve future speakers. Rev. Paul Taylor, the college president, said the policy will ensure “the message to be delivered is one that abides with the spirit and mission of the college,” TribLive reports. The speech at the center of…

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College stands behind controversial ‘hard core pornography’ class

Charlotte Hazard - Liberty University — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 04:02:07 +0000

A class featuring pornography at a private college in Salt Lake City has drawn scrutiny, however a spokesperson for the school says campus leaders stand behind it. “Westminster College occasionally offers elective courses like this as an opportunity to analyze social issues,” a spokesperson for Westminster College told Fox News. The campus media affairs division did not respond to a request…

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UChicago student newspaper editors remove op-ed denouncing antisemitism from website

Charlotte Hazard - Liberty University — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 06:08:12 +0000

Student editors at the Chicago Maroon published a letter of apology for running an op-ed that condemned antisemitism and also removed the piece from their website. The controversial op-ed had condemned Students for Justice for Palestine’s “Don’t Take Sh*tty Zionist Classes” boycott campaign. The “sh*tty Zionist classes,” according to SJP, are “Multiculturalism in Israel…

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Thanks to new law, Iowa State student government forced to grant conservatives’ funding request

Charlotte Hazard - Liberty University — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 04:02:19 +0000

The Young Americans for Freedom chapter at Iowa State University was recently granted funding from the student government after the public university’s attorney advised the student politicians they cannot legally withhold financial support under a relatively new free speech law. The conservative student group requested and received $500 from the student government association for conference…

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Offer to install U.S. flags in university’s classrooms rejected

Charlotte Hazard - Liberty University — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 04:08:00 +0000

The Young Americans for Freedom chapter at Saint Louis University recently offered to fund and oversee the installation of American flags in every classroom. The offer has been declined. The student government representative charged with overseeing facilities and services requests informed YAF that the decision was based on more than just logistical and feasibility concerns…

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