Free speech organization FIRES back at SHSU, calls police action 'unconstitutional'

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In what is turning out to be a real news saga, FIRE, or the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, sent Sam Houston State University president Dana Gibson, Ph.D., a letter today denouncing a university police officer's actions yesterday in the campus' free speech zone.

(The letter is below jump)

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My fabulous fashion picks for this year's Emmy Awards

I'll be honest. Something about celebrity award ceremonies seems slightly pretentious to me. Don't stars get enough of a reward for starring in the latest blockbuster or having a chart-topping hit single with their enormous pay checks? Why do we have to fawn over them publicly once more?

I believe my Dad said it best when he wrote.

I find award shows boring and pompous. Can you imagine a world where normal people give each other awards and tell each other how great they are? On second thought, that might actually make the world a better place.

Nevertheless, the day after any award ceremony is always fun one. It's time for the claws to come out and the fashion police to frisk actors who at one time seemed invincible.

Going against the grain, I'd like to take a moment to in this blog identify those celebrities who in my eyes emerged fashionably victorious last night.

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