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University of Kansas

University of Kansas: Student Government Recommends Retaliatory Funding Cuts After Protests

Student senators postured gutting student media as a courageous stand against “bullying”

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University of South Carolina Columbia

University of South Carolina: Student Senate Denies Funding Request for Student Organization’s Event

Student Senate’s rejection of funding request is blatant example of viewpoint discrimination

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Northwestern University: Student Government Freezes College Republicans Funding

The student government claimed the group’s promotional flyers for an event featuring a conservative political commentator violated the school’s discrimination and harassment policies. Then �鶹��ýIOS got involved.

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University of Iowa

Business Leaders in Christ v. The University of Iowa

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University of Kansas: Student Government Recommends Retaliatory Funding Cuts After Protests

University of South Carolina: Student Senate Denies Funding Request for Student Organization’s Event

Northwestern University: Student Government Freezes College Republicans Funding

Business Leaders in Christ v. The University of Iowa

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