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• Tea Party Republicans defeat Patriot Act (for now)

  Robby Soave - Assistant Editor •February 9, 2011

  While this vote isn't likely to doom the Patriot Act, it does highlight a somewhat stark differences between conservatives and libertarians, and one that's likely to play out on quite a few important votes.

• UC-San Diego V-DAY co-director sends odd e-mail

  Gabriella Hoffman - SFPA Member •February 9, 2011

  Although the director was kind enough to offer me an invitation to the play, Nguyen largely ignores the fact that I have not produced any written material (i.e. articles, print articles, or blog posts) criticizing The Vagina Monologues thus far.

• Stanford’s ROTC Committee is sleeping on the job

  Autumn Carter - SFPA Contributor •February 9, 2011

  Where has the open and promoted call for campus voices and opinions been? The committee has utterly failed to drive this debate.

• BC Law School to revise anti-military statement

  Jesse Naiman - SFPA Member •February 9, 2011

  The statement currently labels the military as an employer with a history of discrimination in the school's employment guide.

• Middlebury College administration violates its own speech code

  FIRE •February 8, 2011

  Middlebury's policy is so broad that, by its plain language, a great deal of satire and parody might be grounds for a harassment charge.

• Criminal charges for student protesters who disrupted UC-Irvine event

  FIRE •February 8, 2011

  Nearly one year ago today, a few dozen people substantially disrupted a speech by Michael Oren, Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. at UC-Irvine.