University of Wisconsin – Superior

Location: Superior, Wisconsin
Website: https://www.uwsuper.edu/
Type: Public
Federal Circuit: 7th Circuit

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  • University of Wisconsin – Superior: Complaint Over Student Newspaper’s April Fools’ Day Edition Leads to Formal Investigation

    May 5, 2016

    At the University of Wisconsin – Superior, a formal investigation was launched into the student newspaper the Promethean’s 2016 April Fools’ Day edition days after its publication, in response to a graduate student’s complaint that the newspaper’s articles were offensive and not clearly labeled as satirical.

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  • University of Wisconsin: Students’ Due Process Rights

    March 13, 2009

    FIRE successfully persuaded the University of Wisconsin’s Board of Regents to affirm due process rights for students, including the option of a hearing before a committee including student peers, attorney representation in the case of serious allegations, and both e-mail and paper notification of proceedings. The Board had proposed changes to the State Administrative Code governing infractions and judicial procedures within Wisconsin’s public universities that would have limited due process rights and granted more discretion to administrators. FIRE’s Adam Kissel engaged in a speaking tour of University of Wisconsin schools in opposition to these changes, even speaking before the Board […]

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  • University of Wisconsin-Superior Abandons Investigation of Newspaper’s April Fools’ Edition

    April 27, 2016

    Last week, FIRE wrote a letter to the University of Wisconsin – Superior (UWS) demanding that administrators drop their investigation into the April Fools’ edition of the campus’ student newspaper, the Promethean. On Friday, UWS did precisely that. The Duluth News-Tribune reports: The University of Wisconsin-Superior has closed an investigation into its student newspaper’s April 1 edition that sparked criticism that it was a guise for publishing offensive jokes about minorities. Promethean Editor-in-Chief Marcus White said the staff was notified during a meeting with the UWS Dean of Students Office on Friday afternoon that the office was closing the investigation […]

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  • University of Wisconsin – Superior Conducting ‘Investigation’ Into Student Newspaper’s April Fools’ Edition

    April 21, 2016

    At college newspapers across the country, there’s an annual tradition of publishing an irreverent, often-satirical edition on April Fools’ Day. And, almost every year, a college launches an investigation, or a student government freezes funding, as a result. While schools typically back off these censorship attempts under pressure from groups like FIRE, there always seems to be at least one school every year who’s willing to learn this lesson the hard way. This year is no different, thanks to administrators at the University of Wisconsin – Superior (UW-Superior) who took issue with some April Fools’ jokes in the college paper. […]

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  • Religious Liberty Finally Secure in the University of Wisconsin System

    February 5, 2007

    The University of Wisconsin has finally acknowledged its constitutional obligation to uphold the religious liberty of its students. Last December, the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents passed a new policy binding on all institutions within the University of Wisconsin System that allows religious student groups to choose their members based on their beliefs. That decision comes on the heels of a lawsuit filed by the Alliance Defense Fund on behalf of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin–Superior. The new policy states: Student organizations that select their members or officers on the basis of commitment to a set […]

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