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By now you're likely well aware that University of Wisconsin-Stout (Stout) professor James Miller had been censored twice, reported to the university's "threat assessment team," and threatened with criminal charges because of a satirical posting outside his office door depicting a quotation from actor Nathan Fillion's character in the television series Firefly. After taking it down, the Stout Chief of Police threatened Miller with criminal charges for disorderly conduct if he posted similar content in the future. After Stout censored his second poster, which satirically stated, "Warning: Fascism," Miller came to FIREfor help.

Last Wednesday, we reported that the Stout chancellor declared that he would not defend faculty First Amendment rights from censorship, in an email sent to all Stout faculty and staff. Stout continued to claim that "the posters in question constituted an implied threat of violence. That is why they were removed."

We're happy to report that after continued pressure from FIREand national media, Stout has reversed its censorship of Miller's poster. Here's a look at some of the additional news outlets that have chimed in, and other FIREissues that made the news this week:

On Firefly:

• Big Hollywood:
• Big Hollywood:
• The Daily Caller:
• The Daily Caller:
• Stoutonia:
• TMCnet.com:
• Wells Law Blog:
• Eau Claire Leader-Telegram:
• The Advice Goddess:
• Eau Claire Leader-Telegram:
• The Dunn County News:
• Shadowlocked:
• TheJournalTimes.com:
• Hot Air:

On the Sam Houston State University 'Free Speech Wall' vandalism:

• eCampusNews:

On Boston University's speech codes:

• The Daily Free Press:

On Professor Emeritus Elliot Cramer's network access revocation at UNC-Chapel Hill:

• The Daily Tar Heel:

On Kansas State University's speech codes:

• Kansas State Collegian: