The Volokh Conspiracy - "Quinnipiac University Threatens Student Group for Associating with Off-Campus Newspaper":

So says FIRE, which I've generally found quite reliable on such matters, and its reproduction of a university official's letter seems pretty damning.

Does anyone know what's up with Quinnipiac here, and whether there's any justification for its action that I might be missing? As FIRE's Adam Kissel writes, "QU is a private university, and it may choose to prize certain values higher than freedom of the press and freedom of association. But what value is QU promoting here other than squelching criticism of the university?"

	[Eugene Volokh, October 29, 2008 at 12:42pm] Trackbacks "Quinnipiac University Threatens Student Group for Associating with Off-Campus Newspaper": So says FIRE, which I've generally found quite reliable on such matters, and its reproduction of a university official's letter seems pretty damning. Does anyone know what's up with Quinnipiac here, and whether there's any justification for its action that I might be missing? As FIRE's Adam Kissel writes, "QU is a private university, and it may choose to prize certain values higher than freedom of the press and freedom of association. But what value is QU promoting here other than squelching criticism of the university?"