If only we could agree on what constitutes freedom or truth. Because we never have, higher education has always been a battleground. Protest has defined academia for generations, from civil rights and the Vietnam War in the 1960s to the ongoing friction between supporters of Israel and Palestine. But perhaps the longest-running conflict within higher ed, one that continues to draw the attention of outsiders who haven’t set foot on a grassy quad in decades, surrounds freedom as it’s practiced on campus. Should free speech be an absolute right in the classroom, even if it’s false or hurtful? Should faculty and students be free to interact in any way they choose, including sexually?