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• Video: Zach Wahls speaks about his family at Iowa House of Representatives hearing

  Katherine Miller - SFPA Editor •February 3, 2011

  SFPA contributor and Iowa Daily columnist Zach Wahls spoke about his family at a Iowa House of Representatives hearing on the constitutional ban on gay marriage. And the video has gone very viral.

• 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.

• UCSD Black History Luncheon: Embracing diversity, or racism?

  Alec Weisman - The California Review •February 2, 2011

  When you allow one group that you support to use the same stereotypes that you attack another group of people for mocking, all you do is reveal your own ignorance, bigotry, and hypocrisy.

• Anti-bullying bill poses free speech problems, civil liberties groups say

  Kate Havard - St. John's College •February 2, 2011

  The Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act will be reintroduced into Congress this session.

• Support concealed carry at University of Texas

  Kory Zipperer - The Daily Texan •February 1, 2011

  One of the most newsworthy pieces of legislation this session is the bill which would legalize concealed handguns on campus. Unfortunately, the discussion is rife with blatant misconceptions, red herrings and outright lies about what is at stake.

• American University's Egyptian students react to uprising

  Nicole Glass - AU Eagle •February 1, 2011

  Mariam Aziz heard gunshots through the phone as she talked to her best friend in Cairo at 5 a.m. on Jan. 29.