University of Nevada at Reno: Unconstitutional Free Speech Zone Policy

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At the University of Nevada at Reno, the university's policy designated only four small or remote areas on UNR's campus as "‘public forum' areas," and explicitly deemed the rest of the campus a non-public forum. Student activists, working with FIREand the ACLU of Nevada, protested this unconstitutional policy and proposed a new policy that would open the public university campus to free speech. The students worked closely with UNR administrators, and were able to introduce a policy that designates the entire campus-save the interior of university buildings-as an "open public forum area."

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