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• ROTC faces uphill battle to return to Harvard’s campus

  Tara W. Merrigan - Harvard Crimson •February 7, 2011

  It is unlikely that Harvard will be able to boast a full ROTC program in the next three to five years, according to the Chairman of Harvard Advocates for ROTC.

• Victory: Syracuse University drops allegations against student blogger

  FIRE •February 4, 2011

  Hopefully, the public relations nightmare stemming from this case will teach Syracuse University to stop threatening students with expulsion for expression that is supposedly protected by Syracuse's own binding promises of free speech.

• Six states considering concealed carry on campus

  Amanda Seitz - Fix Contributor •February 4, 2011

  Proposed concealed carry legislation has propelled gun law debates into the forefront of campus debate in the aftermath of the Tucson massacre.

• Student groups petition against new Washington D.C. noise ordinance

  Will Frey - Fix Contributor •February 3, 2011

  A new law passed by the District of Columbia city council has made it illegal for a person to make an “unreasonably loud noise between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m."

• Brooklyn College reinstates professor after controversy

  FIRE •February 3, 2011

  Public colleges and universities have a responsibility to safeguard their institutional academic freedom even when it becomes difficult politically.

• Condi Rice, George Shultz endorse return of ROTC to Stanford

  Autumn Carter - SFPA Contributor •February 3, 2011

  In a letter delivered Wednesday to the Faculty Senate’s Ad Hoc Committee on ROTC, Rice and Shultz called for ROTC’s return to campus.