| Baltimore Sun, March 14, "Images offensive to Muslims are debated," by Matthew Hay Brown "There is no right not to be offended," Mitchell, a program officer with the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, told an audience of about 80 last night at the Johns Hopkins University. "Having your most deeply held convictions questioned doesn't destroy you. It doesn't turn you into a child. It makes you question why you have them. That's good for us. That's why we come to college." · · · Agape Press, March 13, "College Urged to Stop Censoring Prof's Display of Muslim Cartoons," by Jim Brown Advocating on Murdock's behalf, FIRE wrote to Century College President Lawrence Litecky, stating that the school's "responsibility to free speech and open inquiry far outweighs any responsibility the college has to avoid offense" and that Murdock could not be punished for posting the drawings. · · · The Beacon Jounral (Akron, Ohio), March 13, "Do campus tribunals wield too much power?," by John Higgins "Campus tribunals are the ultimate 'kangaroo court,' an affront to the rational thinking that is supposed to underlie the academic enterprise,'' said Boston-area attorney Harvey A. Silverglate. · · · Chicago Sun-Times, March 12, "How about telepathy?," by Zay Smith The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (http://www.thefire.org/) reports that the Sexual Harassment Policy at Davidson College in North Carolina prohibits "inquiries about dating." · · · The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 10, "Education School Revises Policy on 'Dispositions'," by Paula Wasley Mr. Swan, 42, a self-described conservative Christian, put a public spotlight on his differences with Washington State last fall when he enlisted the help of a national free-speech advocacy group, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, in challenging some of the education school's requirements. · · · The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 10, "Renegades Shake Up Trustee Elections," by Paul Fain Private-college officials are accustomed to dealing with alumni who are fervent about protecting the reputations or traditions of their alma maters. But they are not used to dealing with the sort of alumni uprisings that took place at Dartmouth and Hamilton Colleges last year. · · · The Gainesville Sun (Fla.), March 9, "Campus controversy," by Jack Stripling Colleges and universities that have tried to limit speech and access have often faced the most problems. Yet speech limitations are a growing trend in higher education, according to Greg Lukianoff, who heads a group devoted to campus speech. · · · Royal Purple News (UW-Whitewater), March 8, "Supreme Court neglects the right to free student press" This new ruling has been called by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, “the most harmful Court of Appeals decision regarding student freedom of speech in higher education to come down in a generation.” · · · The Sheboygan Press (Wis.), March 8, "Free speech wins in new UW policy" Though the policy was developed over a religious issue, we're glad to see Reilly and the UW acknowledging the right of free speech on other issues as well. · · · La Crosse Tribune (Wis.), March 7, "Religious studies proposal respects everyone's rights" A compromise proposal before the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents resolves a potential church-state problem in a positive and common-sense way. | 
NEWS ARTICLES REPORT: LIBERTY IN DANGER ON CAMPUS
In the past few days, several notable newspaper and magazine articles have described the poor environment for liberty on America’s campuses. FIRE cofounder Harvey Silverglate is cited extensively in an 
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