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A Semester of Free Speech: Ten Mission-Aligned Events Recently Held on Grounds
The Jefferson Independent’s mission, first and foremost, is to promote freedom of speech on Grounds. There are many...
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Free Speech Leaders Discuss Present and Future of the Movement on its 60th Birthday
On October 17, 2024, UVA’s Old Cabell Hall was home to Free Speech @60, a discussion on the present and future of...
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Free Speech at Sixty: The Origins of the Collegiate Free Speech Movement
The year is 1964. Lyndon Baines Johnson sits in the oval office following the historic assassination of John F....
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Top of the Class, But Barely Passing: Free Speech Advocate Shares How UVA Can Improve
On Monday, Greg Lukianoff, a free-speech lawyer and advocate visited UVA to discuss the state of free speech at the...
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The Power and Limits of the First Amendment: Mary Beth Tinker Speaks at UVA
Today, many Americans see the First Amendment as a key part of their national identity. Indeed, most Americans would...
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Students Able to “Disagree” with their Professors in Recent Free Speech Event
Last Friday, a crowd of eager students descended upon the Rotunda once again, this time in an effort to spar with...
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Colonnade Club Hosts Talk on Three Ways to Strengthen Free Speech at UVA
As part of the Uncommon Grounds speaker series hosted by the UVA Colonnade Club, adjunct professor of politics and...
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UVA’s FIRE Ranking Released: Grounds is alive with self-censorship, not civil discourse
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, known as FIRE, is a leading defender of free speech and free...
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Can We Still Speak Freely? Author Douglass Murray explores free speech and Jefferson’s legacy
On February 21st, on behalf of the Jefferson Council and Common Sense Society, British political commentator and...
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‘Think Again’ Event Discusses the State of Free Speech at UVA
This past Wednesday, UVA President Jim Ryan gave introductory remarks inside the Hotel E Garden Room on the West...
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