Controversy
Since its inception, there have been attempts to shut down its operations. In 2004, the program lost its funding after satirizing a prominent transgendered student. The magazine's funding was restored soon after the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education became involved.
In 2006, Tyler Graf and Jethro Higgins, two members of the Commentator's staff, appeared on The O'Reilly Factor to defend the First Amendment rights of its rival publication, the Student Insurgent. The Insurgent had received national attention after publishing controversial illustrations of Jesus Christ.
The Commentator has faced problems on campus regarding its libertarian content, including entire orders of magazines being dumped from distribution racks around campus.
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