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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 :
- 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 Guantánamo 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

Student Op-eds:

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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