Tag: free speech
“Hatgate” controversy draws UCR into freedom of speech debate
By: Evan Ismail, SSW and Andreas Rauch, SSW
A video taken at UCR Wednesday morning, Sept. 27 garnered national media attention and reignited a debate...
Legal action being pursued against colleges allegedly suppressing free speech
Across the country, colleges are allegedly suppressing the free speech of their students, according to the national student Libertarian organization Young Americans for Liberty...
YAL protests for more free speech on UC campuses
On Wednesday, April 12, the UCR branch of Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) held a protest, while they were tabling at the Bell Tower...
Interfering with protests means silencing freedom
There’s an inherited right we have as Americans that we take for granted and misuse often: Freedom of speech. We like freedom of speech....
Libertarian commentator Julie Borowski offers an “alternative viewpoint” at UCR
At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7 in HUB 355, the UCR chapter of Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) hosted Libertarian commentator and YouTube...
Controversial Sabra hummus bill dominates discussion during ASUCR meeting
ASUCR’s first state of the association meeting of the quarter began at 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18 in the Tartan and Tweed Room...
The Trump wall must go: Inclusiveness is greater than divisiveness
What would UCR students do if a group of pro-Trump students built a large wall in order to demonstrate their support of Trump’s stance...
College Republicans: Divided they stand
College Republicans nationwide are seeing backlash from College Democrats as well as from members within their own party, according to a recently published New...
Editorial: ‘Free speech zones’ mock free speech
The average temperature at UC Santa Barbara in the month of April is exactly 69 degrees Fahrenheit — not too hot, and not too...
Editorial: Taboo topics should be open for discussion at universities
Does the topic of sex make you uncomfortable? How about prostitution? Or how about when a professor takes it into her own hands to...