Eric J. Heels notes that the University of Scranton has shut down a student newspaper over a parody of Georgetown University and the Passion of the Christ. Heels notes that Scranton is private, and that not everyone thinks all parodies are funny. As far as the question of whether you believe in free speech is concerned (i.e. from a moral not a legal perspective), whether an institution is private or public is irrelevent, and it is precisely the parodies that do not amuse powerful institutions that are in the most need of protection. Even though a private university may be beyond the reach of the First Amendment, a university of all places should uphold the values of free inquiry and free speech.