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April 29
FIRE Co-Founder Alan Charles Kors to Receive Bradley Prize for Defense of Free Speech
FIRE is thrilled to announce that FIRE co-founder and Chairman Emeritus Alan Charles Kors will be a winner of the 2008 Bradley Prize. In the words of Michael W. Grebe, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bradley Foundation, "The Bradley Foundation selected Alan Charles Kors not only for his original scholarship in European intellectual history, but also for his defense of free speech as well.... In these times, free-thinking students have had no greater champion than Dr. Kors."
Colorado College Denies Appeal of Students Responsible for 'Violent' Parody
Colorado College has denied student Chris Robinson's appeal of its finding that he and another student violated the school's "violence" policy for posting a flyer that parodied a flyer of the Feminist and Gender Studies program. The school also has decided not to remove any letters about the case from the students' files until after graduation. FIRE is assisting Robinson in his case against the school.
New Colorado College Video Now Up on Multimedia Page
In the continuing saga of our latest case at Colorado College, we have just posted a new video of Director of FIRE's Individual Rights Defense Program Adam Kissel's appearance on Jon Caldara's television show, Independent Thinking, on KBDI Channel 12 in Colorado. Adam discusses the Colorado College case and its implications with the Independence Institute's Jessica Corry. This appearance was one of many Adam made on his recent media tour of Colorado and is an excellent dialogue on the case.
Former FIRE Intern Works to Reform Repressive Policies at College of William and Mary
Braum Katz, a 2007 summer intern at FIRE and student at the College of William and Mary, is working to improve the free speech polices there, reports The Virginia Informer. As Student Assembly Undersecretary of Student Rights for Free Speech Advocacy, Braum has sent four proposals for the improvement of school policies to the William and Mary administration. Administrators have agreed to put his proposals on their summer retreat agenda.
April 29, "Colorado College Press Strategy: Parse Words, Ignore Substance," William Creeley
April 29, "Claremont Consortium Responds to FIRE's Letter via School Newspaper," Erin Royce
April 29, "New Colorado College Video Now Up on Multimedia Page," Emily Guidry
April 29, "New 'FIRE Quarterly' Available," Emily Guidry
April 29, "Students and Professor May Spar in Court over Free Speech," Adam Kissel
April 28, "Colorado College Denies Students' Appeal of Guilty Finding," Emily Guidry
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Recent Media Coverage
The Independence Institute, April 25, "Chainsaw Etiquette at Colorado College"
Face the State, April 23, "Face The State's Interview with Adam Kissel of FIRE"
Los Angeles Times, April 18, "Fireproofing the Ivory Tower," by Michael Shermer and Greg Lukianoff
Los Angeles Times, April 17, "What should K-12 kids learn?," by Greg Lukianoff and Michael Shermer
The Huffington Post, April 16, "Dust-Up Round 3! Ben Stein's 'Expelled'," by Greg Lukianoff
More media content at thefire.org »
Recent Multimedia Content
Video, Chainsaw Etiquette at Colorado College
FIREside Chats, Episode 111: Adam Kissel's Speech at Colorado College
FIREside Chats, Episode 110: An Update on Colorado College
More multimedia at thefire.org »
2008
The mission of FIRE is to defend and sustain individual rights at America's colleges and universities.
Speech Code of the Month
FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for April 2008: Murray State University. The Women's Center at Murray State maintains a guide to sexual harassment that provides students with numerous examples of sexual harassment, including, among others, "telling sexual jokes or stories"; "looking a person up and down (elevator eyes)"; and "displaying sexual and/or derogatory comments about men/women on coffee mugs...." Unless these behaviors rise to the level of severity and pervasiveness necessary to constitute actual harassment, however, they are constitutionally protected expression, which Murray State—as a public university—is obligated to protect.
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