TLDR let's not talk about repeated SCOTUS decisions granting free speech rights to students in public universities because they're "absurd"?
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Finally, one concrete example of activism I did on campus that the college tried to shut down: Brooklyn College is a commuter school, ...
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and most students (myself included) had jobs. This was somewhat facilitated by a M/W/F and Tu/Thu "railroad" schedule. ...
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In an attempt to get students to stay on campus more and participate in student activities, the college proposed to make morning ...
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classes align differently than afternoon. M/W/Thu in the morning, M/T/F in the afternoon (or something like that) ...
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This had a real impact on work schedules because students could no longer go to school on Tuesday/Thursday and work on the other days ...
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With other students, I got 1500+ students to sign cards against the move (out of 8,000 day students) and scheduled a campus rally ...
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The college rejected my request for a permit to rally on the quad but after researching the legal issues, I felt I had a strong case ...
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that they couldn't boot me off if I brought a megaphone and rallied on the quad. And anyway, I thought, let them try ;) ...
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After announcing that we were going to do so, the college relented, granting us a permit to rally. We lost anyway, but the ability ...
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to make legal arguments about free speech made it harder for the college to shut down the protest. We didn't shout insults or tear ppl ...
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down but the college's initial reaction was to reject our request. Because college administrators cannot be trusted to ...
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use "educational mission" responsibly. The right to free speech is fundamentally about allowing regular people a shot at fighting ...
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oppressive and entrenched power peacefully and through persuasion. Never is it more necessary than on college campuses. ...
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Finally, that is just one of a large number of times that I fought the administration peacefully and had to use my ...
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constitutional rights to be allowed to do so. We're used to looking at extreme cases of students abusing their constitutional rights ...
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*often in ways that would be unprotected outside of an academic context* but I was shocked to see a law professor so casually throw ...
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away constitutional protections for students on public campuses.
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As the court so famously said in Tinker v De Moines:
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"It can hardly be argued that ... students ... shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate."
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