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Students: Tweet About the First Amendment and Win a $5000 Scholarship!
Tomorrow, December 15, marks the 220th birthday of the First Amendment. To celebrate, the 1 for All campaign (of which FIRE is a partner) is inviting people to tweet about it with their "Free to Tweet" contest. 1 for All is offering $5,000 scholarships to 22 students (ages 14-22) who participate. That's a lot of money! Visit freetotweet.org for more details.
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FIRE statement on campus violence and arrests
FIRE is monitoring outbreaks of violence and arrests on campuses nationwide. Sadly, we must again restate a bedrock principle: Violence is never acceptable.
BREAKING: New Title IX regulations undermine campus free speech and due process rights
New Title IX regulations encourage colleges to violate free speech rights and to eliminate essential due process protections.
STATEMENT: Title IX regs mean students less likely to receive justice
FIRE's mission is to defend and sustain the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought—the most essential qualities of liberty.
Stanford president and provost cheer free expression in open letter to incoming class
The letter is a ringing embrace of the importance of free speech to the mission of a university.