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[INFOGRAPHIC] Free Speech Zones on America's Campuses

鈥Free speech zones鈥濃攖he name sounds good, right? The sad truth is that free speech zones are far from free. Many college campuses restrict free speech solely to these areas, meaning that the rest of campus is not open for expression. FIRErecently dug into its Spotlight database to see just how many of these policies exist around the country. The results are eye-opening. Check out our findings in this informative infographic, and share it with others to raise awareness of this threat to campus speech.

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Facts to Share:
- 1 in 6 of America鈥檚 400 top colleges have "free speech zones." -
- If all of Texas Tech鈥檚 students had wanted to use its former free speech zone at once, they would have had to be crushed down to the density of Uranium 238. -
- U. of Cincinnati鈥檚 former free speech zone comprised just 0.1% of the campus. -
- Many students must wait 5鈥10 business days to use a free speech zone. -
- 70 schools make 果冻传媒app官方鈥檚 list of unconstitutional 鈥渇ree speech zones.鈥 -
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