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Freedom of Expression Week

Student Media

UNCW Student Media plays a major role in freedom-of-expression programming, centered on Freedom of Expression Week, near in time to Constitution Day, Sep. 17th.

Watch this page for information about upcoming F.O.E. events.

“ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. ”
First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Selected Readings

  • Ben-Porath, Sigal R. Free Speech on Campus. U of Pennsylvania P, 2017.
  • Chemerinsky, Erwin, and Howard Gillman. Free Speech on Campus. Yale UP, 2017.
  • Fish, Stanley. There’s No Such Thing as Free Speech, and It’s a Good Thing, Too, Ch. 8 (pp. 102-119). Oxford UP, 1994.
  • Kors, Alan Charles, and Harvey A. Silverglate. The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty on America’s Campuses. HarperPerennial, 1998.
  • Lewis, Anthony. Freedom for the Thought We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment. Basic Books, 2008.
  • Meiklejohn, Alexander. Free Speech and Its Relation to Self-Government. Kennikat P, 1972.
  • Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty, Ch. 2: “Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion,” and Ch. 4: “Of the Limits to the Authority of Society over the Individual.”
  • Ravitch, Diane. The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn. Knopf, 2003.
  • Strossen, Nadine. HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship. Oxford UP, 2018.
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