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Long Island University – Post
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- At present, FIRE does not maintain information on this school's policies.
Long Island University Post: Student Summoned to Conduct Meeting for Alleged Possession of Forbidden Flyers
December 11, 2019
During the fall 2018 semester, flyers titled “Common Sense” appeared on LIU Post’s campus criticizing university administrators, particularly President Kimberly Cline. In May 2019, just days before he was set to graduate, Jake Gutowitz received a letter from LIU Post administrator Nicole Thomas accusing him of possession and distribution of these flyers. Gutowitz attended a… Read more
Long Island University Post: Student Called to Mandatory Meeting over Non-Threatening Recreational Shooting Pictures
October 10, 2018
Long Island University Post summons student to a meeting for holding unloaded guns in off-campus Facebook video.
FIRE names America’s 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2020
January 29, 2020
These 10 colleges represent the worst campus censors over the last year Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute receives Lifetime Censorship Award PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 29, 2020 — Who are the worst campus censors? The competition is stiff, but today the nonpartisan Foundation for Individual Rights in Education released its annual list of America’s 10 Worst Colleges for Free… Read more
10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2020
January 29, 2020
Since 2011, FIRE has named and shamed 65 individual colleges and universities as America’s worst for free speech. Some — we’re looking at you Harvard, DePaul, and Syracuse — are regulars and have appeared four or five times. Others have slunk away in embarrassment after being listed. But all have one thing in common: They… Read more
New York college summons student to meeting on eve of graduation to investigate alleged possession of forbidden flyers
December 11, 2019
On May 7, Jake Gutowitz was in the midst of completing final exams in preparation for his graduation from Long Island University Post later that week. Then, he received a disconcerting email — he was under investigation for alleged possession and distribution of forbidden flyers. According to Nicole Thomas, Associate Director of LIU Promise (an… Read more