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- Academic freedom and campus free speech issues
- Campus organizing and general issues
- Legislation that threatens civil liberties on campuses
- SEVIS and other issues affecting international students
- Student op-eds
- Students for Freedom Coalition
- Amnesty International's "The 'War on Terror'" webpage
- National Youth and Student Peace Coalition
- UT Watch Security Page
- Students for an Orwellian Society
- International A.N.S.W.E.R. campaign against racial profiling in schools
Academic freedom and campus free speech issues:
- October 11, 2005, Justin Elliott, The Brown Daily Herald, FBI working with campus police forces on terrorism
- September 18, 2005, Susan Kinzie, The Washington Post, U-Md.'s 'Marketplace of Ideas' Not for Everyone, Court Rules
- September 9, 2005, Alexandra Adler, Yale Daily News, Yale cop reports to FBI (JTTF)
- March 17, 2005, Mark Sherman, Associated Press, ACLU seeks documents of visas on foreign scholars
- March 10, 2005, William L. Jusino, The Harvard Crimson, Would-Be Prof Denied Entry Visa
- December 14, 2004, Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters/ABC News, Islamic Scholar, Visa Withheld, Gives Up U.S. Post
- December 8, 2004, Henry Silverman, City Pulse, Vise of conformity puts squeeze on academia
- November 8, 2004, Caroline Wekselbaum, Student Life, Patriot Act ruling may change library regulations
- September 13, 2004, Erin Harkless, Student Life, Students undeterred as FBI targets activists around the country
- September 1, 2004, John Tirman, AlterNet, Banned in America
- August 28, 2004, Paul Donnelly, The Washington Post, The Ban on a Muslim Scholar
- August 26, 2004, Geneive Abdo, The Chicago Tribune, Muslims support scholar on visa, Revocation is blamed on Bush policy
- August 24, 2004, Geneive Abdo, The Chicago Tribune, Muslim scholar has visa revoked
- July 19, 2004, Lis Rennie, SIN, The Patriot Act Cometh
- May 14, 2004, American Communications Foundation Newsource, Restricted Science: The USA PATRIOT Act limits scientific research by foreign students
- April 5, 2004, Beshara Doumani, The Electronic Intifada, Be Careful What You Say on Campus
- March 16, 2004, Associated Press/The Washington Times, Army agents spy on Islam conference
- February 25, 2004, Alisa Soloman, Village Voice, The Ideology Police: Targeting Middle East Studies Departments, Zealots' 'Homeland Security' Creates Campus Insecurity
- February 12, 2004, AP, University of Texas Islam conference prompts Army investigation
- February 11, 2004, Ryan J. Foley, AP, U.S. Drops Subpoenas Against University, Antiwar Activists
- February 5-10, 2004, Students and Peace Activists in Iowa Subpoenaed
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- February 10, 2004, Monica Davey, New York Times, An Antiwar Forum in Iowa Brings Federal Subpoenas
- February 9, 2004, Matthew Rothschild, the Progressive, Crackdown in Des Moines
- February 9, 2004, The Iowa Channel, 4 Iowans, Drake University Ordered to Give Activist Records
- February 7, 2004, Ryan J. Foley, AP, University Ordered to Turn Over Records on Anti-War Protesters
- February 5, 2004, Jeff Eckhoff & Mark Seibert, The Des Moines Register, D.M. activists ordered to testify in U.S. court
- December 4, 2003, Charles Proctor, Daily Bruin, Academic Activists Fear Greater Surveillance
- November 24, 2003, Morgan MacDonald, The Baltimore Sun/Common Dreams News Center, Patriot Act Stifles Dissent on Campus
- November, 2003, The California Educator, What school employees should know about the Patriot Act
- October 29, 2003, Cheryl B. Wilson, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Delays Beset Scholars; Security Stalls Foreign Visits
- October 2, 2003, Lila Guterman, The Chronicle of Higher Education, U.S. Policy Restricts Scientific Publishing by Researchers in Countries Under Trade Embargo
- September 29, 2003, Joshua Keeran, The Lantern, Patriot Act eavesdropping causes concern on campus
- September 22, 2003, Sam Stanton and Emily Bazar, Sacramento Bee, Librarians Step Up
- September 18, 2003, Tyler Paterson, The Diamondback (U. of Maryland), Save Civil Liberties
- July 30, 2003, Sandra Guy, The Chicago Sun-Times, Scientists raise concerns about impact of Patriot Act
- October 15, 2002, Nat Hentoff, Jewish World Review, Unfree Speech on College Campuses
- March 1, 2002, Scott Carlson & Andrea L. Foster, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Colleges Fear Anti-Terrorism Law Could Turn Them Into Big Brother
Campus organizing and general issues:
- October 26, 2005, Ashley Ratcliff, The Daily Californian, Students, Activists Decry Boalt Professor’s War
- September 6, 2005, Arthur Martori, ASU Web Devil, Patriot Act still unfamiliar
- June 24, 2005, Damien Cave, New York Times, 16 to 25? Pentagon Has Your Number, and More
- May 27, 2005, Michael Janofsky, The New York Times, Plan to Gather Student Data Draws Fire
- April 13, 2005, David Goldstein, Knight Ridder/Lexington Herald-Leader, Federal database would hold students' personal information
- April 5, 2005, Jim Stanton, The Courier, Patriot Act called intrusive and ineffective
- April 4, 2005, Annie Hall, The Lantern, Possible Patriot Act renewal draws protesters
- March 29, 2005, Katherine Haley Will, The Washington Post - Opinion, Alma Mater As Big Brother
- December 17, 2004, Reid J. Epstein, Journal Sentinel, Government can get medical records
- December 9, 2004, The Harvard Crimson, Big Brother Comes to Campus: A proposed college database would violate student privacy
- November 29, 2004, Diana Jean Schemo, The New York Times, Federal Plan to Keep Data on Students Worries Some
- November 19, 2004, Sarah Scott, The Daily Campus, Patriot Act discussed
- October 15, 2004, Casey Holmes, Cornell Daily Sun, Looking Back on Year of Guantanamo Bay Protests
- June 24, 2004, Chris Blank, CNN, Activists on Missouri campus split on Patriot Act
- June 6, 2004, Joshua Longobardy, The Rebel Yell, Patriot Act continues igniting debate
- April 27, 2004, Andrew Tutino, The Ithaca Journal, Group targets prison camp, war: Patriot Act tied to McCarthyism
- April 22, 2004, Rachel Oswald, The GW Hatchet, Panel protests PATRIOT Act
- April 8, 2004, Tom Christiansen, The Daily (University of Washington-Seattle), Political Students Preparing for Nov. Elections
- March 25, 2004, Pervaiz Shallwani, The Morning Call, Students to Hold Patriot Act Forum Tonight
- March 18, 2004, Bill Steele, The Cornell Chronicle, Panel looks at impact on CU of the Patriot Act
- February 27, 2004, Amhal Majack, The New Hampshire, Patriot Act's controversy rekindled
- February 20, 2004, Jamie Loo, The Daily Illini, U.S. Patriot Act sparks discussion on campus
- February 17, 2004, Christopher Walsh, The Chicago Flame, Open forum held on Patriot Act: Students and faculty voice opinion over controversial law
- February 13, 2004, Ross Lehman, Bethel College Collegian, BC students question USA PATRIOT Act
- February 3, 2004, Mira Mikati, The Michigan Journal, Noel Saleh speaks on Patriot Act
- February, 2004, CollegeNews.org, Liberal Arts College Presidents Speak Out on the Patriot Act
- January 26, 2004, Heidi A. De Vries, The Central Florida Future, Filibuster delays vote on Patriot Act again
- Winter, 2004, Colby Magazine, Pondering the Patriot Act
- December 12, 2003, Nathan Chomsky-Higgins, The Daily Collegian, Groups Speak Out to Uphold Civil Liberties
- December 8, 2003, Natalie Vratney, Long Beach Union, MSA Forum Details Effects of Patriot Act
- October 31, 2003, Leonora Stevens, The Hoya, Protesters Decry USA Patriot Act: Students Transform Red Square With Mock Jails, Officers
- October 30, 2003, Farouk Samad, The Daily Pennsylvanian, Students protest Patriot Act, circulate petition for repeal
- October 22, 2003, Heidi Burton, The Utah Stateman, Panel wrangles over PATRIOT Act
- October 7, 2003, Elizabeth Tabak, The Jambar, Activists, students, community debate Patriot Act
- May 1, 2003, Syllabus News, Poll Results: Does the USA PATRIOT Act conflict with student privacy protections on your campus?
- May 1, 2003, Kent Wada, Syllabus Magazine, IT Security on Campus: A Fragile Equilibrium
- February 3, 2003, Beth Roberts, Columns/University of Georgia News Service, Professor discusses legal ramifications of the USA Patriot Act
- February 14, 2002, Nicole Brunda, The Phoenix, SPAC concerned about student record privacy: Registrar to announce official stance on government requests for student records
- Elizabeth Campell, Georgia Institute of Technology Faculty/Staff Newspaper, The price of freedom: course questions long-term impact of the USA Patriot Act
- See also: articles on campus resolutions opposing provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act.
Legislation that threatens civil liberties on campuses:
- June 14, 2005, Mark Sidel, Yale Global Online, Fallout from the War on Terror – Part I:Antiterrorism policy has taken its toll on foreign enrollment in US universities
- April 5, 2004, Beshara Doumani, The Electronic Intifada, Be Careful What You Say on Campus
SEVIS and other issues affecting international students:
- January 3, 2005, Dave Zweifel, The Capital Times, Irritating foreign students a dumb move
- September 27, 2004, Rana Foroohar, MSNBC, America Closes Its Doors
- September 24, 2004, The Minnesota Daily, SEVIS illustrates larger problem
- September 15, 2004, Kelly Field, The Chronicle of Higher Education, FBI Will Get Direct Access to Databases Used to Track Foreign Students and Scholars
- September 10, 2004, My-Thuam Tran, The Daily Californian, Foreign Students Face Scrutiny
- September 9, 2004, Michelle Rivera, The Daily Collegian, New International Student Fee revoked
- September 9, 2004, Cati Vanden Breul, The Minnesota Daily, Visa policy might change
- September 8, 2004, Paul Weinstein, The Digital Collegian, International student's case raises security concerns
- August 23, 2004, Bryan G. Pfeifer, The Boston Independent Media Center, Arbitrator rules UMass-Amherst international student 'fee' discriminatory
- August 3, 2004, Jessica E. Vascellaro, The Boston Globe, US security said to hurt foreign students: Educators seek easing of 9/11 crackdown
- June 25, 2004, Megan Tady, The NewStandard, Students fight discriminatory fee at UMass-Amherst (http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm?action=show_item&itemid=612)
- April 13, 2004, Duluth News Tribune, Foreign Students at University of Wisconsin-Madison will not Pay for SEVIS
- April 2, 2004, Marion Rhodes, The Gateway, Immigration Issues Addressed Through Forum
- April, 2004, Géraldine Igou, Northeastern University School of Journalism, The Patriot Act: Its negative affects on International Students
- March 21, 2004, Jenna Russell, Boston Globe, Foreign students protest fee at UMass: Part of charge meant to fund SEVIS monitoring
- March 16, 2004, Philip Altbach, Christian Science Monitor, In Race for International Students, U.S. Erects Hurdles and Loses Out
- February 9, 2004, UC-Davis News Service, South Asian Americans Unprepared for September 11 Fallout
- February 3, 2004, Caleb Hale, The Southern, Student: Patriot Act has Made Impact; Palestinian at SIUC Says Being an Outsider is Tougher Now
- January 27, 2004, Rima Merriman, Jordan Times, Impact of U.S. Security Measures on Foreign Students
- December 24, 2003, Cheryl Wilson, Daily Hampshire Gazette, New Fee for Foreign Students at UMass Sparks Complaints
- December 3, 2003, Eric Rowley, Iowa State Daily, Aside from SEVIS, Iowa State Shies Away from Monitoring Students
- November 3, 2003, Susan Paynter, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Patriot Act Proves an Insecurity Measure for Foreign Students
- October 23, 2003, Suzanne Gamboa, AP, Foreign Students May Pay $100 Fee
- September 24, 2003, Ryan Floersheim, Daily Lobo, NAACP, SMJ Join Forces Against Hate
- September 12, 2003, Joe Connolly, The Daily Orange, PATRIOT Act component restricts foreign students
- September 4, 2003, Natalie Storey, The Montana Kaimin, Foreign Students Being Tracked by Feds
- September 2, 2003, The Louisville Cardinal, International Students Face Repercussions of 9/11
- September 2, 2003, The Pitt News, Foreign Students Tracked
- September 1, 2003, The Guardian, John Sutherland, Nowhere Has Post-9/11 Paranoia struck More Deeply Than in American Universities
- August 25, 2003, KOBTV, Immigration Changes Cause Confusions as UNM Begins School Year
- July 3, 2003, Shane Harris, GovExec.com, Foreign student tracking system called inefficient, intrusive
- June, 2003, Frank Zoretich, The Albuquerque Tribune, Foreign Students to be Under Close Watch by Colleges
- January, 2003, IT Times, Campus Meets USA Patriot Act Deadline: Works with INS to Retain International Visitors
- November 5, 2001, Vol. 50 No. 20, Higher Education and National Affairs, U.S. Patriot Act Includes Provisions on Student Records
- September 15, 2005, Editorial, The Georgetown Voice, Sweeping the Constituiton under the rug
- March 8, 2005, Editorial, The Daily Barometer, 'Rendition' is the new outsourcing
- February 2, 2005, Editorial, The Tufts Daily, Ashcroft's attitude must be put aside
- February 2, 2005, Kevin Leahy, Northern Star, Patriot act has unintended effects
- November 10, 2004, Ben Hanley, The Exponent, Patriot act goes to absurd lengths
- October 25, 2004, Daniel Shaw, The Chaffey Breeze, Meet the Patriot Act - Really, you might want to sit down for this one
- November 14, 2003, Phillip Perry, The Independent Florida Alligator, Students should fear Patriot Act, too
- September 19, 2003, Andrew Lawson, The Kansas State Collegian, Patriot Act walks a fine line with Americans' 4th Amendment rights
- May 12, 2003, Troy Pickard, The Panther, Patriot Act a threat to our library usage
- April 2, 2003, Opinion, The Wellesley News, PATRIOT Act presents danger to students
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