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Albion College
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Albion College: Student Investigated for Hyperbolic Email about Antifa and ISIS
December 13, 2017
Albion College administrators launched a disciplinary investigation because of a joke sent over email.
UPDATE: After Florida school shooting, ‘Worst Colleges for Free Speech’ promising high schoolers a right to protest
March 14, 2018
Update: FIRE has tallied the number of colleges and universities that have made statements supporting free speech, based on the list compiled by Chris Peterson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology assistant director of undergraduate admissions. Out of the schools in our Spotlight database that made statements on free speech, 61 have a “red light” speech code… Read more
The 10 worst colleges for free speech: 2018
February 12, 2018
Every year, FIRE chooses the 10 worst colleges for free speech — and unfortunately, 2017 left us with plenty of options: Campuses were rocked by violent mob censorship, monitored by bias response teams, plagued by free speech zones, and beset by far too many disinvitation attempts. Although the number of colleges with the most restrictive… Read more
FIRE names America’s 10 worst colleges for free speech: 2018
February 12, 2018
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 12, 2018 — Each year, colleges across the country find dubious ways to silence student and faculty expression. In the last year, administrators became embroiled in litigation for telling a student he couldn’t hand out Spanish-language copies of the U.S. Constitution outside a free speech zone, continued a years-long effort to ban a… Read more
UPDATE: Albion student faces upcoming hearing over ‘ANTIFA and ISIS hunting permits’ joke
January 2, 2018
Albion College student Alexander Tokie expects to learn soon whether he will face punishment for making a hyperbolic joke about “ANTIFA and ISIS hunting permits.” Despite originally threatening to hold his hearing over winter break when he would be away from campus, Tokie tells FIRE that administrators have now agreed to hold the hearing during… Read more
Albion College student under investigation for ‘ANTIFA and ISIS hunting permits’ joke
December 13, 2017
ALBION, Mich., Dec. 13, 2017 — Albion College student Alexander Tokie has been left in limbo for weeks while administrators decide whether he will be punished for sending an obviously hyperbolic joke about “ANTIFA and ISIS hunting permits.” Tokie’s troubles started in September, when he sent an email to his fellow College Republicans with a… Read more
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