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Northwestern University: Censorship of Faculty-Produced Bioethics Journal with ā€œBad Girlsā€ Theme

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For over 14 months, administrators at Northwesternā€™s Feinberg School of Medicine censored ā€”a faculty-produced bioethics journalā€”because it published an issue in Winter 2014 with a ā€œBad Girlsā€ theme deemed too salacious for the schoolā€™s image. Though , a new administrative oversight committee was reportedly formed and is tasked with reviewing the content of Atriumā€™s next issue. This is a significant departure from the publicationā€™s editorial practice, giving rise to concerns that the university will take an active role in policing the publicationā€™s content. FIREwrote to Northwestern on May 26, 2015, calling on the university to honor its and cease its repeated intrusions on Atriumā€™s editorial independence. The university has yet to respond.

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