Tuesday, February 27, 2007
We need YOU to stand up for Free Speech!
The CSU Libertarians are working with FIRE - The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education - to challenge CSU's unconstitutional free speech policies.
Did you know that, at CSU, university policy technically prohibits students from:
- scheduling a protest on less than two weeks' notice?
- posting political messages about marijuana and alcohol policy in the dorms?
- making "expressions of hostility" (like calling someone a "dumbass")?
- assembling on the plaza without advance permission from campus police?
- engaging in free speech outside the Lory Student Center Plaza?
These and other policies are blatantly unconstitutional -- similar polices at other schools have been repeatedly struck down in court as violating the First Amendment. We need to send a clear message to university administration that CSU's policies need to change.
For that, we need your help! We need students - undergraduates, graduates, freshmen, seniors, and especially students in the dorms - to sign on to a formal letter that's being drafted as the first step in this process.
You don't need to be part of any political, government, or other group in order to sign on and stand up for your free speech rights, although we'd love as many student leaders as possible to join us.
If you're at all interested in standing up for your right to engage in free speech, contact us at officers@lpcsu.org.
Did you know that, at CSU, university policy technically prohibits students from:
- scheduling a protest on less than two weeks' notice?
- posting political messages about marijuana and alcohol policy in the dorms?
- making "expressions of hostility" (like calling someone a "dumbass")?
- assembling on the plaza without advance permission from campus police?
- engaging in free speech outside the Lory Student Center Plaza?
These and other policies are blatantly unconstitutional -- similar polices at other schools have been repeatedly struck down in court as violating the First Amendment. We need to send a clear message to university administration that CSU's policies need to change.
For that, we need your help! We need students - undergraduates, graduates, freshmen, seniors, and especially students in the dorms - to sign on to a formal letter that's being drafted as the first step in this process.
You don't need to be part of any political, government, or other group in order to sign on and stand up for your free speech rights, although we'd love as many student leaders as possible to join us.
If you're at all interested in standing up for your right to engage in free speech, contact us at officers@lpcsu.org.
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