Governors State University

Location:		Park Forest, IL 60466-0975
Website:		http://www.govst.edu

Speech Code Rating

Governors State University has been given a speech code rating of Red. You may read more about this institution's speech code rating at this page.

FIRE Cases at Governors State University

Governors State University: Censorship of Student Newspaper

Recent Media Coverage of Governors State University

"For free student press, move off campus," The Indianapolis Star, March 18, 2006
"Supreme Court neglects the right to free student press," Royal Purple News (UW-Whitewater), March 8, 2006
"Ruling could test MSC free press," The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, Colo.), March 6, 2006
"Student editors react to ‘Hosty’ decision," Student Press Law Center, February 28, 2006
"Court flawed in student paper ruling," The Badger Herald (UW-Madison), October 27, 2005
"In-depth: Words Left Unsaid," The Badger Herald (UW-Madison), October 27, 2005
"Three briefs urge Supreme Court to hear ‘Hosty v. Carter’ case," Student Press Law Center, October 20, 2005
"Assault on College Press," The National Law Journal, October 17, 2005
"College newspapers fight for rights," The Daily Tar Heel, September 22, 2005
"Supreme Court asked to take up college-press case," First Amendment Center, September 20, 2005
"Wronging student rights," The Boston Globe, September 3, 2005
"Free Speech Groups Worry ‘Hosty’ Ruling Will Scale Back Students’ First Amendment Rights," Student Press Law Center, June 23, 2005
"Free Press 101," Arbiter Online, December 1, 2003

Posts to The Torch About Governors State University

"Illinois State Legislature Passes Student Press Bill," June 8, 2007
"Journalism Association Condemns Press Freedom Violations," August 16, 2006
"Student Press in Jeopardy with ‘Hosty’," March 3, 2006
"‘Inside Higher Ed’ on ‘Hosty v. Carter’," February 22, 2006
"Supreme Court Denies Appeal in ‘Hosty v. Carter’," February 21, 2006
"Down to the Wire in ‘Hosty v. Carter’," February 1, 2006
"Supreme Court Extends Deadline in ‘Hosty v. Carter’ Case," November 29, 2005
"Encouraging News in ‘Hosty v. Carter’," November 2, 2005
"SPLC and Dozens of Other Groups File Two More Amicus Briefs Opposing ‘Hosty v. Carter’," October 21, 2005
"‘Hosty v. Carter’: Promise Kept, Brief Filed," October 19, 2005
"More Bad News for Student Press Freedom," September 27, 2005
"FIRE v. ‘Hosty’," September 19, 2005
"FIRE Starts Off the School Year with a Bang," September 6, 2005
"‘Hosty’ Opinion Criticized in the ‘Village Voice’," August 3, 2005
"SPLC: ‘Student Media Experts React to Governors State University Ruling’," June 24, 2005