PFS Co-founder Edward Yingling Participates in Second Annual Campus Free Speech Roundtable

On December 5, leaders of the Alumni Free Speech Alliance (AFSA), including AFSA president and PFS co-founder Edward Yingling, participated in an important congressional roundtable on free speech on college campuses. AFSA participants also including John Craig, AFSA Treasurer; students from W&L and UVA who are very involved with AFSA members there; and Raj Kannappan of Young America’s Foundation (YAF) and a member of AFSA’s Cornell alumni group member.  Other participants were from the Foundation on Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) and the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA). December 05, 2022 1 min read

On December 5, leaders of the Alumni Free Speech Alliance (AFSA), including AFSA president and PFS co-founder Edward Yingling, participated in an important congressional roundtable on free speech on college campuses. 
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Is the POCC conservative? A response to recent criticisms

October 28, 2022 By Myles McKnight '23 Princeton sophomore Nate Howard recently added his voice to the string of criticisms of my group, the Princeton Open Campus Coalition (POCC). His criticism––entitled Campus Conservatives in the POCC Don’t Deserve a Monopoly on Free Speech––has the dual distinction of being the least charitable and the least compelling. October 28, 2022 4 min read

Howard claims that the POCC uses the free-speech cause as a mere fig leaf for our “culture war grievances.” The POCC, he says, is simply obsessed with “conservative outrage politics.” Of course, I am dismayed to hear that Howard feels our events are only for students who “ascribe” (sic) to conservative ideals. But this is a silly accusation. The POCC is not simply conservative (the picture is more complicated) and the criticisms Howard proffers are hopeless.
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Princeton faculty, students, and alumni join together to support free speech

For the first time on a college campus, faculty, students, and alumni have created an organization to promote and defend free speech and academic freedom on their campus.  The creation of the Princeton Free Speech Union was announced in a full page advertisement in the Princeton Daily this week,  The Princeton Free Speech Union is a coordinating body consisting of an informal coalition of faculty, a student free speech group (the Princeton Open Campus Coalition), and Princetonians for Free Speech. September 09, 2022 1 min read

For the first time on a college campus, faculty, students, and alumni have created an organization to promote and defend free speech and academic freedom on their campus.
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PFS Podcast Recorded by Princeton Junior Billy Wade with Three Faculty Members

This podcast can be found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. In this episode of the Princeton Tory Podcast, Billy Wade '23 discusses the state of free speech on Princeton's campus with three of the University's professors: Sergiu Klainerman, Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics; John Benedict Londregan '88, Professor of Politics and International Affairs; and Elizabeth Bogan, Senior Lecturer in Economics. Delving into faculty experiences with the landscape of free speech at Princeton, Wade and our guests examine the role of educational institutions as havens for free expression, the impact of cancel culture on the speech of academics, and proper limitations on the ability of universities to suppress opinion. April 25, 2022 1 min read

In this episode of the Princeton Tory Podcast, Billy Wade '23 discusses the state of free speech on Princeton's campus with three of the University's professors...
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PFS Podcast with Two Princeton Juniors

In this edition of the Princetonians for Free Speech Podcast, PFS President Stuart Taylor interviews Third Year Princeton students Abigail Anthony, President of Princeton's Chapter of the Federalist Society, and Myles McKnight, President of Princeton the Open Campus Coalition. The trio discusses the faltering state of Free Speech on Princeton's campus and the reasons behind this decline.  Click here to hear our latest podcast. April 06, 2022 1 min read

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PFS Letter Calling on Trustees to Commission Investigation

By Edward Yingling, Stuart Taylor Jr., and Todd Rulon-Miller March 15, 2022 6 min read

By Edward Yingling, Stuart Taylor Jr., and Todd Rulon-Miller

We are writing on behalf of Princetonians for Free Speech (PFS) on a matter of utmost urgency. Princeton has now reached the point where free speech is no longer protected and where those who do try to exercise free speech can be viciously attacked with no consequences, and even attacked by the University itself.

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