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-8 posts tagged "Freedom of Speech"
Observer Editorial Board | Friday, April 21, 2023
In a recent statement on freedom of expression, University President Fr. John Jenkins outlined an admirable approach to issues of debate and dialogue on campus. He favorably cited the commitments outlined by the University of Chicago, which support “the principle that debate or deliberation may not be suppressed because the ideas put forth are thought
BridgeND | Wednesday, March 8, 2023
I have been asked on numerous occasions about the political makeup of Notre Dame’s campus. Typically, my response is something along the lines of: “We have very passionate advocates at both ends of the spectrum, but many people fall somewhere in the middle.” There are two main reasons for this. On the one hand, some
Maxwell Feldmann | Wednesday, February 1, 2023
The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies hosted a film screening and panel discussion Tuesday night exploring themes of social justice, freedom of speech, activism and political dissent as a form of patriotism. The panel was composed of four experts: Olivier Morel, a film scholar, Dory Mitros Durham, an expert on institutional racism and law
Zixu Wang | Friday, November 8, 2019
Andrew Koppelman, a professor of law and political science at Northwestern University, gave a talk dissecting the debate surrounding the conflict between gay rights and religious liberty in a lecture Thursday in Jenkins-Nanovic Halls. The lecture was sponsored by the Constitutional Studies Program and the Program on Church, State and Society at the Notre Dame
Observer Editorial Board | Friday, September 27, 2019
In January, the Newseum tweeted that its creator, the Freedom Forum, had sold its building to Johns Hopkins University and the museum would be closing at the end of 2019. The Newseum, a monument to the First Amendment, opened its doors on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., in 2008. On the building’s facade, a stone
Eddie Damstra | Thursday, September 13, 2018
Outside of freedom of religion, there may be no right or political principle more central to the identity of America than that of freedom of speech. The recognition of one’s right to freedom of speech has conventionally been viewed as an ideal that unites Americans. Unfortunately, I believe this is changing. It seems that freedom
Neil Joseph | Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Undoubtedly, everyone has heard of Colin Kaepernick’s decision to sit during the National Anthem of an NFL preseason game in late August. When asked why, Kaepernick said he was “not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. … [To him], this
Miko Malabute | Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Leading up to its release, it was quite impossible to not hear about the movie “The Interview.” The parody movie centered on stars James Franco and Seth Rogan dealing with the task of assassinating Kim Jong-un, the supreme leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, colloquially known as North Korea. With the well-publicized hacks