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• Victory: Syracuse University drops allegations against student blogger

  FIRE •February 4, 2011

  Hopefully, the public relations nightmare stemming from this case will teach Syracuse University to stop threatening students with expulsion for expression that is supposedly protected by Syracuse's own binding promises of free speech.

• Brooklyn College reinstates professor after controversy

  FIRE •February 3, 2011

  Public colleges and universities have a responsibility to safeguard their institutional academic freedom even when it becomes difficult politically.

• Arizona State University eliminates speech code, earning FIRE's 'green light' rating

  FIRE •February 2, 2011

  While more than two-thirds of the nation's colleges maintain policies that clearly and substantially restrict freedom of speech, ASU is now a proud exception, having revised a policy that unconstitutionally restricted the free speech of students and student organizations on campus.

• FIRE highlights UGA's 'Scootergate' in new video

  FIRE •January 13, 2011

  When a UGA student emailed the school about a lack of places on campus to park his scooter, he had no idea that his e-mail would lead to formal charges from the university.

• UC Berkeley Chancellor blames Arizona shooting on 'hateful speech'

  FIRE •January 13, 2011

  Yesterday morning, UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau emailed the campus community with regard to the horrendous mass shooting in Arizona.

• Syracuse threatens 'harassment' charges over satirical blog, seeks gag order on alleged author

  FIRE •December 16, 2010

  Syracuse has threatened a student with "harassment" charges for the last two months because of the content of a satirical blog about life in law school.