Not that they aren't just reporters, unbiased, open minded reporters but San Diego City Beat has a pretty lengthy breakdown of the looming Freedom of Speech issues over at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). Apparently an email from the administration outlining a draft proposal on "Speech, Advocacy and Distribution of Literature" got a little too detailed for some people's taste.
Among the guidelines laid out in the document (a "revised" policy that will supersede the school's current, much shorter policy from 1981) are precise campus maps marking "Designated Public Forums" for the exercise of free speech, a set of requirements for making reservations to hold protests in those areas, hours and decibel levels at which "expressive activity" can occur and-in what has some members of the campus community suspicious about the policy's timing-a section reminding members of the university staff and faculty to keep their "Personal Political Activity" separate from university activities while using university resources.
So you see students who we're trying to educate and teach to think for themselves, you've still got your free speech, as long as the University can tell you when, where, how and even how loud you can talk or speak about it. Now where did I keep that copy of The Constitution?
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