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FIRE Reaches 1,000 Followers on Twitter
I am pleased to note that FIRE's account on the popular micro-blogging website Twitter has reached 1,000 followers today. Launched at the start of the new year, our followers have steadily grown. In fact, we reached 500 followers just last month.
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FIRE statement on district court ruling in Spectrum WT v. Walter Wendler
A federal district court denied FIRE’s request for a preliminary injunction and held that West Texas A&M University President Walter Wendler is entitled to qualified immunity.