鈥淐ensorship is uncivil,鈥� notes David Moshman in a in The Council Chronicle discussing .
驰别蝉鈥苍诲鈥�
Last week a student in a 200-level graphic novel course (and her parents) : Fun Home by Alison Bechdel; Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1 by Brian Vaughan; The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll鈥檚 House by Neil Gaiman; and Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. Challenger Tara Schultz noted, 鈥淚t was shocking,鈥� Shultz said. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 expect to open the book and see that graphic material within. I expected Batman and Robin, not pornography.鈥� Fortunately, the Crafton Hills College campus (California) refused to censor the novels.
鈥苍诲
Yesterday, the AAUP for revoking the tenured appointment of Steven Salaita to the American Indian studies program after comments he made on Twitter regarding Israel. AAUP鈥檚 Committee A argued, 鈥淣ot only had Salaita been selected by a faculty committee, [but] a professor鈥檚 political expressions on social media are protected speech and have no bearing on his ability to teach or do research.鈥�
鈥淯ncivil,鈥� yes, but while challenges to academic freedom persist, as ReLeah Lent notes in The Council Chronicle interview, 鈥溒鸬愦絯orks diligently against censorship through its .鈥�