Zaccari may be found personally liable for violating Barnes due process rights. Barnes' suit against the Georgia Board of Regents for breach of contract was denied by the 11th Circuit. In July 2015, the university's insurers settled the case for $900,000. In a Huffington Post column, FIRE President Greg Lukianoff wrote that administrators like Zaccari should not have the protection of the university and its insurers when they knowingly break the law, as was indicated when the 11th Circuit stripped the former president of his qualified immunity. Lukianoff offered an example of an administrator deliberately running down a student with his car, and stated this is no different. He added until administrators understand they have skin in the game, they will continue to violate student's rights if they believe the university and its insurers will take the brunt of the fall-out. FIRE rating and documentary The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) added Valdosta State University (VSU) to its "Red Alert" list of institutions that act with severe and ongoing disregard for the fundamental rights of its students or faculty members. VSU was joined by two other schools, Tufts University and Johns Hopkins University, on FIRE's "Red Alert" list. FIRE took VSU off of their "Red Alert" list after new Valdosta State President Patrick Schloss implemented new rules in September 2008 allowing a drastic increase in free speech expression. The Barnes controversy was the subject of a short documentary produced by FIRE and garnered attention in the Valdosta Daily Times, Chronicle of Higher Education, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, WALB, WCTV, and The Huffington Post. References Valdosta State University 2007 controversies in the United States 2007 in Georgia (U.S. state)