News Showing news stories tagged with "academic freedom" Banned Books Onstage goes online! 9/24/2020 Since 2011, the Libraries has celebrated Banned Books Week (Sept. 27–Oct. 3) with “Banned Books Onstage,” a staged reading of scenes and monologues from banned and challenged books co-presented with… NC LIVE to address rising college textbook costs 7/9/2018 The average yearly cost of college textbooks is now $1,200. For many first-generation and lower income students, this presents a dilemma: pay for textbooks or pay for rent, food, or gas. Too often… Fabulous 50: Speaker Ban Ends 2/15/2018 On 19 February 1968, the courts declared unconstitutional a law banning certain speakers from North Carolina colleges and universities. Known as the Speaker Ban and passed by the North Carolina… Students give voice to banned books 9/20/2017 Every year, libraries join their voices with those of authors, publishers, booksellers, teachers, students, civil liberties activists and readers everywhere to defend our rights to read and write…