University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been given a speech code rating of Red. You may read more about this institution's speech code rating at this page.

• Mohammed Cartoon Controversy: FIRE Response to Intimidation and Newspaper Disputes
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• "At U. of I., a question of supporting candidates on campus," Chicago Tribune, October 3, 2008
• "U of I faces backlash after decision on campus political activity," Chicago Tribune, October 3, 2008
• "U of I rally supports right to campus politicking," Associated Press, October 3, 2008
• "Do College Republicans hate Allah?," Reason Magazine, April 9, 2007
• "Mascot retired," The Evening Bulletin, February 20, 2007
• "More than a mascot," Inside Higher Ed, February 19, 2007
• "When Speech Becomes a Crime," San Francisco Chronicle, June 28, 2006
• "U.S. media response to cartoons skewered," Chicago Tribune, April 26, 2006
• "'Free speech' cries ring hollow on college campuses and beyond," USA Today, April 19, 2006
• "Months after flap, Muhammad cartoon re-emerges," The Daily Princetonian, April 11, 2006
• "Speech codes choke off discourse, satire," The Daily Reveille (Louisiana State Univ.), April 6, 2006
• "The image of hypocrisy," The Boston Phoenix, March 29, 2006
• "Images offensive to Muslims are debated," Baltimore Sun, March 14, 2006
• "College Urged to Stop Censoring Prof's Display of Muslim Cartoons," Agape Press, March 13, 2006
• "Professor Fears Retribution Over Mohammed Cartoons," Cybercast News Service, March 10, 2006

» More Media Coverage of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• "Weekly Media Round-up: Victory at Temple College Highlights FIRE’s Week," November 7, 2008
• "Stanley Fish Misunderstands FIRE on Illinois ‘Buttons’ Controversy," October 14, 2008
• "National Attention Continues for FIRE’s Work at Illinois," October 8, 2008
• "University of Illinois Responds to Widespread Complaints Against Ban on Political Activity," October 6, 2008
• "Weekly Media Round-up: FIRE’s Expertise Widely Cited, and Pressure Grows on Brandeis and Third Circuit Schools," October 3, 2008
• "CFN Member Tim Nuccio Joined to Advance Liberty," October 3, 2008
• "‘Chicago Tribune’ Highlights FIRE’s Work Defending Political Speech," October 3, 2008
• "FIRE Quarterly: ‘From the Board of Directors’," March 2, 2007
• "Lessons from the Communications Revolution," February 26, 2007
• "Illinois Retires Chief Illiniwek," February 16, 2007
• "David Ross Asks an Uncomfortable Question," February 16, 2007
• "Misunderstanding ‘Threats’ at the University of Illinois," February 15, 2007
• "Free Speech Zones at University of Illinois," January 10, 2007
• "Acton Gorton’s ‘Truly Astonishing Experience’," May 10, 2006
• "Possibly the Most Newsworthy Cartoons in History," March 17, 2006
• "Student Press in Jeopardy with ‘Hosty’," March 3, 2006