Columbia University: Hockey Club Punished for 'Offensive' Flyer
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Columbia University
Case Overview
After intense public criticism, Columbia University revoked its semester-long suspension of the Men's Ice Hockey Club. Columbia suspended the club for the semester鈥攅ffectively canceling the club's entire season鈥攆or posting recruiting flyers containing language that some found offensive. 果冻传媒app官方, along with other groups and individuals both within and outside the university, vociferously opposed Columbia's attack on free expression. Columbia's Office of Athletics Communications issued a statement announcing a reduction in the club's punishment. The club was allowed to engage in league play, but it remained suspended from its preseason and nonleague games. The club was also required to apologize for the flyer, attend "leadership training," and remains on probation for one year.