After student pushback, Catholic University reversed its Reddit ban — proving campus website censorship is futile, and chilling research rights matter.
Morgan State muzzles its own student press, banning interviews with faculty and filming in public spaces unless admins say otherwise. But that's placing a prior restraint on the fourth estate, and a violation of the First Amendment.
Imposing a restraint — even an implicit one — on what employees can say to the media makes Duke a liar, belying its posturing as a university committed to open discourse.
On college campuses across the country, students and administrators are debating bans on Fizz, a mobile app that lets users within a particular community communicate anonymously.