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-5 posts tagged "ACLU"
Simon Vogel | Monday, October 11, 2021
The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies presented its Distinguished Alumni Award to Brittney Nystrom (’98) over Zoom on Friday. The award honors “Notre Dame graduates in peace studies whose careers and lives exemplify the ideals of international peacebuilding,” according to its website. In terms of Nystrom’s career and life, she has an extensive pedigree
Gabrielle Penna | Monday, March 8, 2021
Grace Chan McKibben, executive director at the Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community, spoke at a Zoom lecture Friday, discussing the work of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) regarding voting and immigration rights in America. ACLU of Notre Dame co-sponsored the event, along with the Black Law Students Association and American Constitution Society.
Mary Steurer | Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Encouraging colleges and universities to defend free speech on their campuses, former national ACLU president Nadine Strossen spoke on her new book, “HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech” in a lecture Tuesday night in Jenkins-Nanovic Halls. Strossen opened by saying she believes free speech on college campuses is under threat. Institutions are
Mary Steurer | Thursday, October 11, 2018
Professors debated the role of the freedom of speech at public universities in a debate sponsored by the Notre Dame Student Chapter of the Federalist Society, American Civil Liberties Union and the Constitutional Studies Program Wednesday at Eck Hall of Law. Josh Blackman, a law professor at the South Texas College of Law, began the debate
Mike Donovan | Friday, February 10, 2017
Woodstock, 1969. Enter Country Joe. Joe steps up to the microphone and gazes into the sea of dazed hippies. Time for a spelling lesson. With a mischievous grin, he shouts, “F!” The audience — over 300,000 strong — follows suit. They repeat this process three more times, eventually spelling out the preeminent Anglo-Saxon expletive. As