🔥 One College Fires Professor for Kardashian Joke, Another Arrests Students for a Word

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Earlier this month, Babson College abandoned freedom of expression and fired an adjunct professor for a joke he made on Facebook



January 21, 2020



College fires professor for Kardashian joke

Earlier this month, Babson College abandoned freedom of expression and fired an adjunct professor for a joke he made on Facebook that Iran should target "American cultural heritage sites" like "Mall of America" and the "Kardashian residence."

Student press scandal at WA university

It isn't every day that officials appear on video discussing how to violate the First Amendment. With Student Press Freedom Day next week, we hope that Central Washington University will take its obligations to its student journalists seriously.

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Last fall, two UConn students were arrested for using a racial slur. Now, the students are suing the school, arguing that the university cannot penalize the use of particular words directed at nobody in particular.

University bans suggestive dorm posters [video]

Students at Morehead State should think carefully before hanging that Pink Floyd poster in their dorm. Hanging suggestive posters can land you in trouble, according to Morehead State's unconstitutional sexual misconduct policy — FIRE's Speech Code of the Month for January.



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