CFN: The FIRE's Campus Freedom Network

Grand Prize: The grand prize winner will have the option of receiving either a $2,500 scholarship from FIRE to put towards financing their college education or a bundle of technology products to help them in their studies. If a student chooses a scholarship, it will be transferred directly to their college or university and applied to their account.

Second Place: The second prize winner will receive a 42" widescreen, flat-panel HDTV as well as a library of FIRE DVDs or a MacBook with a 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and a 13" screen.

Third Place: The third prize winner will have their choice of either a 16GB iPod Touch fully loaded with FIRE videos and podcast library or a 10MP Canon Powershot which can also record video. This camera is perfect for filming protests and free speech abuses on your campus.

125 points – guaranteed acceptance to the 2009 Campus Freedom Network Conference. The conference is an opportunity for the Campus Freedom Network to connect students from across the country with some of the foremost national experts on free speech, due process, and religious liberty. You can see pictures from the 2008 conference by clicking here.

Reaching the 125 point level is a significant accomplishment. In addition to guaranteed conference acceptance, you will be inducted in the CFN's Prometheus Society.

100 points – your choice of either Donald Downs' Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus, Jonathan Rauch's Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought, or KC Johnson's Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case. Written by some of the foremost experts on freedom of speech, each of these books is essential reading for any lover of liberty.

75 points – your choice of a $15 gift card at either Starbucks, Borders or the iTunes store.

50 points – a free 32 oz. Nalgene Tritan water bottle with the FIRE logo proudly embossed on one side. Suitable for both warm and cold beverages, this BPA-free bottle is both dishwasher safe and virtually indestructible.

25 points – a free copy of The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty on America's Campuses. This book, written by FIRE co-founders Alan Charles Kors and Harvey Silverglate, was the impetus to start FIRE.

Host a FIRE Speaker

FIRE staffers are always available to speak on college campuses throughout the semester. If you can successfully coordinate an event through a campus group (or several) or through a campus committee or department, you will be rewarded with 75 points.

Write an Op-Ed in Your Local Paper

For every unique editorial that you write in your campus or community paper about a FIRE case, you will receive 25 points. Once your editorial is published, send a copy to the Campus Freedom Network and we will record your points.

Put a FIRE Widget on Your Blog, Facebook Profile

FIRE’s Spotlight and Speech Code of the Month widgets bring attention to speech codes at colleges and universities across the county. If you help FIRE publicize these policies by placing a speech codes widget on your blog or Facebook profile, the CFN will reward you with 5 points for each widget. To learn more, visit the CFN Widget page.

Show Off Your FIRE T-Shirts!

Every CFN member who signs up with the CFN receives a free FIRE t-shirt. As we write in our welcome letter, we encourage you to wear your shirts to "advertise your commitment to free speech and to let your college administration know that there are those on campus who will not sit idly by while the rights of their fellow students and faculty members are trampled upon."

In that vein, the CFN would like to encourage every member to send in photos of themselves wearing their t-shirt. You can take the photo in your room, on campus, or anywhere. Be creative with your photo. Every student who sends in their photo will receive 5 points in the CFN incentive program. E-mail your photos to cfn@thefire.org. We will post the photos online to show off our great members.

Recruit a New CFN Member

Every time you recruit a new student or faculty member, you will automatically receive 5 points. Each new member will have to first register with their campus email address, although they can edit it once they successfully register. Once you let the CFN know you are interested in participating in our incentive program, you will receive a special url which you can live out to friends, post on your blog or Facebook and which will direct students to the CFN registration page. You will get credit for any student or faculty member that registers for the CFN from your link. You can also find the link on your profile. Simply log in to the CFN website, click edit your profile and you will find your personalized link towards the bottom of the page.

Although this system should automically give you credit, make sure you remind those you register to put your name down in the “Reason for Joining” just in case they end up not using your link but still register as a result of your suggestion.