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While this is a short week because of the Thanksgiving holiday, ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ has nevertheless hit the media with our opposition to the "Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act." The magnificently mustachioed Thomas Mitchell of the Las Vegas Review-Journal cites yesterday's ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ press release in identifying the bill as "," which it manifestly is. Inside Higher Ed . Walter Olson of the Cato Institute and the blog  suggests that university speech codes are being , which is FIRE's concern as well, although such speech codes would be even worse if required by federal law. Bloggers and also both joined the fray, while Chuck and Firefly actor Adam Baldwin to his more than 45,000 followers.

Yours truly also hit the virtual pages of Inside Higher Ed in , which covers the movement to quash hazing on campus. If you think the fact that, according to hazing "experts," nine out of ten people who have been "hazed" have no idea it happened to them sends up red flags with a liberty advocate like me, then you think correctly. Maybe I was a victim myself—I guess I'll never know ...