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30 March 2006

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25 March 2006

Welcome to Kanji Practice

by ycc2106 & 1 other
shows Quicktime films to show the Kanji Stroke order, speech examples.

23 March 2006

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01 March 2006

One in 1,000 Know First Amendment

by jasontromm (via)
Americans apparently know more about "The Simpsons" than they do about the First Amendment. Only one in four Americans can name more than one of the five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment (freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition for redress of grievances.) But more than half can name at least two members of the cartoon family, according to a survey. :-( I was only able to name 4 of the 5 guarantees in the 1st Amendment. (I left out "petition for redress of grievances.")

The Guardian: Not a peep from the professors

by Mumvy & 2 others
I have a question that should be of interest to those concerned about the principle of academic freedom. How is one to account for the fact that when the administration at UPEI sent in the police to confiscate the copies of a recent edition of the stud

28 February 2006

Google, the Khmer Rouge and the Public Good - February 6, 2006

by leaffael
the speech of a prisdent to deliever to support the google print book affair

27 February 2006

The Liberty Letter: Those Darn Muslims

by Mumvy
Comments on the response from Wade MacLauchlan, President of the University of Prince Edward Island, to the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship.

Letter from S. Qudsia (Koli) Hoogeveen to Wade McLauchlan, President UPEI

by Mumvy
A "letter of thanks" from a pious Muslim woman to the President of the University of Prince Edward Island, originally posted on the official UPEI website, but removed on February 27, 2006. This URL leads to the page cached by Google.

25 February 2006

University of Toronto -- News@UofT -- News Digest -- (February 23, 2006)

by Mumvy
Letter from the Society for Academic Freedom and Censorship to Wade MacLauchlan, President of UPEI, and MacLauchlan's response to SAFS, republished in the news digest of the University of Toronto.

Free Speech at Risk, Canadian Proessors Warn

by Mumvy
As an academic -- and one, who as a child, was fortunate enough to have his parents take him from a "fear" to a "free" society -- I suggest that the principle of freedom of speech must be treasured over all other principles, especially in universities, wh

Free Speech at Risk, Canadian Proessors Warn

by Mumvy
So Wade MacLauchlan, the president of the University of Prince Edward Island, believes that censoring student newspapers is the best way to prevent potential violence and help his university strive towards "an engaged and positive learning environment."

24 February 2006

Print Story - canada.com network

by Mumvy
Letter to the National Post, 24 Feb 2006, from Awrey, concerning Wade MacLauchlan's open letter to the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship

23 February 2006

snip’s snippets » Blog Archive » The Mohammed Cartoons: an ‘insiders perspective’

by Mumvy
A response to a letter, posted on the website of the University of Prince Edward Island, from a Muslim woman to Wade MacLauchlan, President of the University of Prince Edward Island.

Student under fire for yelling: 'Remember Chappaquiddick!'

by jasontromm
A community college student in Massachusetts faces possible disciplinary action for shouting "Remember Chappaquiddick!" during an on-campus speech by Democrat Sen. Edward Kennedy.

22 February 2006

.:Private Revolution: Censorship on the Island

by Mumvy & 1 other
Fear of possible "mob action" must not be allowed to dictate to UPEI or any other Canadian university what ideas its students and faculty may express, disseminate and debate. By censoring this debate at your campus rather than taking the necessary steps t

21 February 2006

Mark Steyn Online: Letter of the Week

by Mumvy
Yesterday, my local university's student newspaper became the first paper in Canada to print the twelve "Muhammed" cartoons. Two hundred copies were picked up by students before the President and the student union/government agreed that the newsp