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Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
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I just submitted a case to F.I.R.E. (The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education) on behalf of the faculty and students of USM.


After reviewing their website, I think that this organization can give our issues an even more public venue, hopefully drawing more national attention to it.  The current crisis seems to be tailor-made for them.


I listed the FireShelby website as a valuable source of information on all of the issues.  Hope you don't mind, FS!!!


As soon as I recieve a reply from them, I will inform all.



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truth4usm/AH

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Thank you!

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Just spoke with Mr. Robert Shibley of F.I.R.E. about the case.  He was aware of the Glamser/Stringer hearings but did not know the outcome.  He stated that he would look into the matter and get back in touch with us.

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Robert Campbell

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Good news. The FIRE has limited resources, but they work extremely hard on the cases they are able to take.

Robert Campbell

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Response from F.I.R.E. concerning the case:

"Thank you for submitting your case for consideration by FIRE. Under normal circumstances, you can expect a response within two weeks. Those cases which present urgent circumstances will be given priority. Because of the large volume of requests FIRE receives, some cases may take longer to evaluate."

"Your case reference ID is
document.write(url["id"])
9406."


 


No Quarter!!!  



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Way to go!  I also wrote to them, urging them to give the case urgent consideration.  I hope other members of the board will do so as well.

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Fire Shelby


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No problem referring them to the website and message board.


 


That's what they're here for.


 


I might just write them myself.  Thanks for the info on this website.



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F.I.R.E. Mission Statement
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NOTE: The emphesized phrases below are due to me!


"The mission of F.I.R.E. is to defend and sustain individual rights at America's increasingly repressive and partisan colleges and universities.  These rights include Freedom of Speech, legal equality, due process, religious liberty, and sancity of consciousness - the essential qualities of individual liberty and dignity.  F.I.R.E.'s core mission is to protect the unprotected and to educate the public and communities of concerned Americans about the threats to these rights on our campuses and about the means to preserve them."



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Since we opened our doors in October, 1999, FIRE has been involved in more than six hundred cases at more than 200 colleges and universities, private and public, large and small.


FIRE believes that Justice Louis Brandeis expressed a profound truth in his dictum that in a free society, "Sunlight is the best disinfectant." Very often, the mere exposure of violations of individual liberty, due process, legal equality, and the rights of privacy and conscience suffices to restore justice to individuals otherwise helpless before the winds of political correctness. Because colleges and universities rarely are willing to defend openly their abusive use of authority, public and media exposure is the Achilles' heel of political correctness. Often, in our experience, the very threat of taking cases to the court of public debate succeeds in leading a college or university to reverse an injustice. Recourse to the courts is a last resort.


When FIRE accepts a case from individuals who explicitly seek our assistance, we have their interests alone in mind. Because of that commitment, the majority of FIRE's interventions do not appear on our website. This restraint results both from requests for discretion and from the swift resolution of cases once we have pointed out to universities the embarrassment or actionable torts that might arise from their actions.



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More info about F.I.R.E. (2)
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To date, FIRE has protected religious freedom, individual liberty, legal equality, due process, and academic freedom at the following campuses:





Albany College of Pharmacy
Albany State University
American University
Andrews University
Anoka-Hennepin Technical College
Antioch University
Arizona State University
Ashland University
Ball State University
Barstow College
Bates College
Bennington College
Bentley College
Boston University
Bowling Green State University
Bowdoin College
Brandeis University
Bridgewater State College
Brooklyn College
Brown University
Bucknell University
Bucks County Comm. College
Cal Poly
Cal Tech
Cal State University, Chico
Cal State University, Long Beach
Cal State University, Northridge
California University of PA
Canisius College
Capital University
Carleton College
Case Western Reserve U.
Central Michigan University
Cheyney University of PA
Chicago Kent College of Law
Christendom College
City College of Chicago
City College of New York
Claremont McKenna College
Clark University
Clemson University
Coastal Georgia Comm. College
Colby College
Colgate University
College of the Ozarks
Colorado State University
Columbia University
Columbia U. School of Law
Connecticut College
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Davis and Elkins College
Dean College
DePaul University
Duke University
Eastern Mennonite University
Elizabethtown College
Emory University
Fitchburg University
Florida International University
Fordham University
Framingham State College
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia State University
Governors State University
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampshire College
Harvard Divinity School
Harvard University
Hazard Community College
Illinois State University
Iowa State University
Jackson State Comm. College
James Madison University
Kalamazoo College
Lehigh College
Lesley College
Longwood College
Loyola University of Chicago
Macomb Community College
Marshall University
Marygrove University
McGeorge School of Law
Metropolitan State College
Miami University of Ohio
Michigan State University
Middlebury College
Millersville University
Monterey Peninsula College
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Saint Mary's
New Mexico State University
North Hennepin Comm. College
Northeastern University
Normandale Comm. College
Oberlin College
Ohio State University
Old Dominion University
Orange Coast College
Oregon State University
Pace University
Pacific Oaks College
Paducah Comm. College
Paradise Valley Comm. College
Penn State University
Plymouth State College
Providence College
Purdue University
Reed College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rice University
St. Cloud State University
St. Louis University
St. Mary's College, Orchard Lake
Salmon P. Chase College of Law
San Bernardino Valley College
San Diego State University
San Francisco State University
Seattle Central Comm. College
Seton Hall University
Shenandoah University
Smith College
South Dakota State University
Southern Illinois University
Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale
Southern Methodist University

Southwest Missouri State U.
Springfield College
SUNY-Albany
SUNY-Binghamton
SUNY-Oswego
SUNY-Potsdam
Stockton State College
Suffolk County College
Swarthmore College
Temple University
Temple University School of Law
Texas A&M University, Commerce
Texas Tech
Texas Woman's University
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Trinity University
Troy State University
Tufts University
U. of Alabama
U. of Alaska
U. of Arizona
U. of California, Berkeley
U. of California, Davis
U. of California, Los Angeles
U. of California, Riverside
U. of California, Santa Barbara
U. of California, San Diego
U. of Chicago
U. of Cincinnati
U. of Colorado, Boulder
U. of Colorado, Colorado Springs
U. of Connecticut
U. of Florida
U. of Florida College of Dentistry
U. of Georgia
U. of Hawaii
U. of Houston
U. of Houston, Clear Lake
U. of Illinois
U. of Indiana
U. of Iowa
U. of Louisville
U. of Maine
U. of Maine, Machias
U. of Maine, Orono
U. of Maryland
U. of Maryland, Baltimore
U. of Maryland, College Park
U. of Massachusetts
U. of Massachusetts, Amherst
U. of Miami
U. of Miami School of Law
U. of Michigan
U. of Michigan School of Social Work
U. of Minnesota
U. of Minnesota, Morris
U. of Mississippi
U. of Missouri, Columbia
U. of Missouri, School of Law
U. of Nebraska
U. of Nebraska, Lincoln
U. of New Hampshire
U. of New Mexico
U. of New Orleans
U. of North Carolina
U. of North Carolina, Greensboro
U. of North Carolina, Wilmington
U. of North Dakota
U. of North Florida
U. of Northern Iowa
U. of Notre Dame
U. of Oklahoma
U. of Oregon
U. of Pennsylvania
U. of Pittsburgh
U. of Rochester
U. of San Francisco
U. of South Alabama
U. of South Carolina
U. of South Dakota
U. of South Florida
U. of Southern California
U. of Southern Indiana
U. of Texas, Austin
U. of Texas Pan American
U. of Toledo
U. of Ulster
U. of Utah
U. of Vermont
U. of Virginia
U. of Washington
U. of Washington, Tacoma
U. of Wisconsin, Platteville
Utah State University
Valdosta University
Vanderbilt University
Villanova University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Military Institute
Virginia State University
Virginia Tech University
Wake Forest University
Wesleyan University
West Virginia University
Western Connecticut State University
Western Kentucky University
Wichita State University
Widener University
Wilkes University
William & Mary Law School
William Rainey Harper College
Williams College
Wittenberg University
Yale University
York Technical College



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