Today, my organization, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), released a new video featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist Dave Barry. In the video, Dave discusses the importance of freedom of expression, the state of free speech on college campuses, and the culture of censorship. He also talks about an amazing FIRE case that he was a part of in 2006 when Marquette University in Wisconsin actually censored one of his quotes:
At the end of the video, FIRE Vice President Robert Shibley mentions three other almost unbelievable cases. You can watch videos on our YouTube page about the student who was expelled for a collage, the student found guilty of harassment for silently reading a book, and the major state university that required students to disclose their sexual preferences.
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Dr. Ali Binazir: Dave Barry's Hilarious Ad Lib on His New Book 'I'll Mature When I'm Dead' (VIDEO)
Dave Barry demonstrates novel and exciting uses for his new book I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood, rendering his interviewer pretty helpless with laughter in the process.
In one class during my senior year, I wrote a story - based on "Little Red Riding Hood" - based on Dave Barry's writing style.
FIRE's founder, Dr. Alan Charles Kors, will be speaking at Students For Liberty's Philadelphia Conference on November 7th at Drexel University: www.poltiicalconferences.org. Adam Kissel, the director of the defense program at FIRE will also be talking about students rights. This is a great opportunity to see strong advocates of freedom of speech teaching students about the importance of protecting that freedom and how to do so.
Who gives these Universities, especially State Institutions, the right to say what is political correct?
It's the Universities responsibility to educate students with all opposing ideas and thoughts and make them choose in which to believe.