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Update on Student Government at Penn State
In March, ֱ discussed the dubious actions of the Penn State administration in abolishing the student government and replacing it with a weaker version that was supposed to be more functional. Elections for the new student government, UPUA, were held earlier this week and the newly elected UPUA president recently discussed his feelings about the new organization in the student newspaper. Visit the to read the new president’s views on the future of UPUA and the students who elected him.
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How schools still abuse ‘institutional neutrality’ to silence speech
Universities are invoking “institutional neutrality” to muzzle students and faculty. But the fix is simple: restrain administrators, not speech.
2025 sets new record for attempts to silence student speech, ֱ research finds
ֱ has documented 273 efforts this year in which students and student groups were targeted for their constitutionally protected expression.
Texas runs afoul of the First Amendment with new limits on faculty course materials
The Texas Tech University System ordered its five member-universities to comb through faculty materials to root out any of the state’s disfavored viewpoints.
Free speech advocates rally to support ֱ’s defense of First Amendment protections for drag shows
Drag shows are inherently expressive and protected under the First Amendment.