[Bernard Marx]

I prefer to donate to major organizations, like Lynne Cheney's National Association of Scholars and other groups that fight for academic reform and help make alums aware of how their contributions are being misused.

I also donate to organizations that stand up for ALL free speech on campus -- and sue universities that think only liberals have the right to speak up or have "special rights." One such is F.I.R.E. as well as David Horowitz's efforts toward an academic bill of rights.

F.I.R.E. recently took on "Cow" Poly at San Luis Obispo over a student's right to post material on a campus bulletin board and forced the administration to backtrack from a very unfair Leftist ruling.

[RKV]

Thanks for what you do. Organizations like FIRE do make a difference. Turns out I also have a degree from Cal Poly (SLO). I certainly sent President Baker a pointed note, rather than my usual check to the Alumni Association over the harrassment of Steve Hinkle. Glad Poly figured out that the First Amendment applies to them. Too bad it took so long. Poly is generally noted as a more conservative campus than UCSB, but they have some of the same leftist disease that infects most colleges and universities.