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Earlier this month, Chicago's DePaul University, pressured by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), agreed to drop its bizarre "propaganda ban" that the administration used as an attempt to silence DePaul College Republicans last fall. Controversial University of Colorado Professor Ward Churchill, in a paid appearance, spoke at DePaul, and the College Republicans faced several school administration roadblocks as they tried to protest that event. FIRE's interim president, Greg Lukianoff, stated earlier this month on the Hannity & Colmes show that in terms of free speech issues, DePaul was "a basketcase." Still, with its dropping of the "propaganda...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 6, 2003 Contact: Christopher Mays 530-902-4444 Fired Conservative Columnist Wins Lawsuit; Editor-in-Chief Admits Guilt Davis — Fired conservative columnist, Igor Birman, was awarded $583.33 in lost wages by the Yolo County Small Claims Court, after Fitzgerald Vo, his former employer and editor-in-chief of The California Aggie admitted breaching Birman's contract. After a Court-requested mediation session, Vo acknowledged that Birman's dismissal on New Year's Day of 2003 was in violation of the terms of the employment contract that both sides signed in October 2002. Birman was then awarded the full amount of damages sought from the Aggie....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 21, 2003 Contact: Christopher Mays 530-757-2371 Fired Conservative Columnist Sues Campus Newspaper Davis — Fired conservative columnist Igor Birman filed a small claims case today with the Yolo County Superior Court against his former employer, The California Aggie and its editor-in-chief, Fitzgerald Vo, alleging breach of contract and wrongful termination. Birman was dismissed from his position as the sole conservative columnist at the Aggie on January 1, 2003, by Fitzgerald Vo, despite a contract lasting until the end of June 2003. In his termination notice, Vo cited Birman’s “tendency to enrage members of the opposing causes”...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: IGOR BIRMAN JANUARY 1, 2003 Campus Newspaper Fires Sole Conservative Columnist DAVIS – In yet another attack on freedom of thought on college campuses, The California Aggie – a campus newspaper at the University of California, Davis has fired Igor Birman – its only conservative columnist, despite a contract lasting until the end of June 2003. In his email announcing Birman’s dismissal, Fitzgerald Vo, the newspaper’s editor-in-chief cited “a tendency to enrage members of the opposing causes” as the reason for the columnist’s firing. Birman’s column, The Right Stuff, provided the campus community with conservative commentary,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: IGOR BIRMAN JANUARY 1, 2003 Campus Newspaper Fires Sole Conservative Columnist DAVIS – In yet another attack on freedom of thought on college campuses, The California Aggie – a campus newspaper at the University of California, Davis has fired Igor Birman – its only conservative columnist, despite a contract lasting until the end of June 2003. In his email announcing Birman’s dismissal, Fitzgerald Vo, the newspaper’s editor-in-chief cited “a tendency to enrage members of the opposing causes” as the reason for the columnist’s firing. Birman’s column, The Right Stuff, provided the campus community with conservative commentary,...

Polly Wants an Outrage The Collegiate Network's fifth annual Polly Awards are out. Even in war, wacky campus liberals don't disappoint. by Stephen F. Hayes "SEX CAN BE dangerous, especially when it involves toys. Wearing a three-foot, five-pound 'double dong' around his neck, Todd Wonders, a representative from Dvdadultempire.com, advised students to start small when it comes to anal penetration." So began an article last fall on the front page of the Pitt News, a student newspaper at the University of Pittsburgh. The story went on to describe, in graphic detail and with the all-important accompanying photos, an event put...