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Nadine Strossen in discussion with Dr. Frank Lambert  at MTSU in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on Sept. 25, 2024. (Photo by Noah McLane)

First Amendment scholar Nadine Strossen delivers decades of free speech knowledge in MTSU lecture

Shauna Reynolds and Christiana Long September 25, 2024

First Amendment scholar, author and former American Civil Liberties Union president Nadine Strossen visited MTSU Monday for a candid conversation about First Amendment rights.  Nadine Strossen...

Students protested former Vice President Mike Pence's visit to MTSU for Constitution Day. (Photo by Rusty Miller)

Small group of protestors gathers in opposition to former Vice President Mike Pence’s MTSU visit

Hannah Ferreira, Staff reporter September 17, 2024
As students and community members filed into Tucker Theater for MTSU’s Constitution Day event, “Defining Democracy,” featuring former Vice President Mike Pence, several students formed a protest in the grove of trees outside the theater.
Young Americans for Liberty hosts campus free speech seminar

Young Americans for Liberty hosts campus free speech seminar

Sidelines October 27, 2018

Photo and story by Ghaliah Almuyidi / Contributing Writer Young Americans for Liberty hosted a free speech history seminar in collaboration with Grassroots Leadership Academy Friday night in the Student...

In this video screen capture, Dean Ken Paulson of MTSU’s College of Media and Entertainment testifies Wednesday, Sept. 26, before the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C.

MTSU dean testifies before Congress on First Amendment rights, issues on college campuses

Angele Latham | Editor In Chief September 27, 2018

Photo courtesy of MTSU News MTSU College of Media and Entertainment Dean Ken Paulson testified in front of a Congressional committee in Washington, D.C., Wednesday to provide expertise on First Amendment...

Campus Free Speech Protection Act: A look at the new law in effect

Angele Latham | Editor In Chief January 10, 2018

Photo by Sarah Grace Taylor / Sidelines Archive  As the new year rolled in, so did new free speech protections for students and faculty on campuses across Tennessee. On May 9, 2017, Gov. Bill Haslam...

MTSU receives ‘red light’ rating for restricting free speech

Angele Latham | Editor In Chief November 7, 2016

Photo by Tanner Dedmon / Managing Editor MTSU was issued the poorest rating for student free-speech rights by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, also known as, FIRE, on Nov. 1. FIRE...

MTSU students respond to preacher at Student Union free speech zone

CIM Digital October 26, 2016

Photo by Tanner Dedmon / Managing Editor MTSU students responded to an inflammatory preacher by organizing counterdemonstrations on campus Wednesday. Just a day after a panel discussed free speech on...

Turning Point USA: A platform for political activism at MTSU

Angele Latham | Editor In Chief October 16, 2016

Photo Courtesy of Quinlan Odom / Turning Point USA Political education, grassroots activism and re-branding free market ideals are all goals of Turning Point USA on the MTSU campus. Turning Point USA...

Buffy Sainte-Marie talks free speech in music with RIM students

Buffy Sainte-Marie talks free speech in music with RIM students

CIM Digital September 19, 2015

  With MTSU's recent Constitution and Civil Rights events on campus, it’s only fitting that renowned singer-songwriter and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie discussed free speech, inspiration and songwriting...

epaselect epa04811723 The Confederate flag at the South Carolina State House Building in Columbia, South Carolina, USA, 20 June 2015. Debate about the Confederate flag from the US Civil War that still flies on South Carolina's State House grounds in Columbia has flared since the racially motivated shooting in Charleston on 17 June, in which 9 people were murdered. 21 year-old suspect Dylann Storm Roof was arrested in North Carolina on 18 June. Calls for taking down the flag have grown on social media after the flag was seen flying at full staff, while the South Carolina and US flags flew at half staff in honour of the victims.  EPA/JOHN TAGGART

Free Expression, The Confederate Flag and the Ku Klux Klan

CIM Digital June 27, 2015

The current discussion on changing the name of Forrest Hall and the controversy surrounding the Confederate flag are both crucial ones to be had. However, the arguments are primarily centered around the...

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