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āMuzzle Tovā to Brandeis and Valdosta State from Greg
In , FIREPresident Greg Lukianoff recaps the awards, bringing special attention to with "winners" at Brandeis University and Valdosta State University. He also puts in an early nomination for 2009's Muzzles:
Finally, while I know it's only April, I already have two nominations for next year's Jefferson Muzzles. First, I would like to nominate Colorado College, where administrators have used tragic school shootings of recent years as justification for finding two students guilty of "violence" for posting a flyer making fun of another flyer. I ask readers once again to compare these flyers side by side and tell me if they feel endangered by either.
But most of all, I would like to nominate Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) where a student employee reading a book called Notre Dame vs. the Klan: How the Fighting Irish Defeated the Ku Klux Klan was found guilty of "racial harassment." Why? Because the book ā which celebrated the defeat of the Klan by Notre Dame students in a 1928 street clash ā apparently had pictures of Klansmen on the cover. Despite utterly misunderstanding the book's premise ā not to mention the entirety of both harassment and First Amendment law ā the school's finding against the student-employee has yet to be repealed. Surely that qualifies IUPUI as an early season favorite for a 2009 Muzzle.
Read Greg's entire blog .
- Student Rights
- Colorado College
- Valdosta State University
- Brandeis University
- Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
- Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis: Student Employee Found Guilty of 'Racial Harassment' for Reading a Book
- Colorado College: FIREFound Guilty for Satirical Flyer
- Valdosta State University: Student Expelled for Peacefully Protesting Parking Garages
- Brandeis University: Professor Found Guilty of Harassment for Protected Speech
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