Posted on 02/21/2010 6:20:02 PM PST by HokieMom
Last year Virginia Tech drew unflattering attention to itself with a diversity policy proposed for the college of arts and humanities that amounted to an ideological loyalty oath. The draft proposal managed to include nearly every warmed-over cliché of identity politics, from "socially constructed differences" to "systems of power" to "hierarchy and privilege." The proposal made it clear that professors hoping to enjoy a fruitful career would have to prove themselves good little party members by participating in diversity workshops and even revising their course curricula to incorporate "issues of gender, race, and other perspectives."
Administrators wisely backed off that effort to turn the college into a re-education camp. But old habits apparently die hard. Recently the school has debated censoring the student newspaper, the Collegiate Times, because of anonymous comments posted on its Web site. The Commission on Student Affairs threatened to withdraw funding from a nonprofit that oversees the Collegiate Times and other student publications ....
= break =
The vice president for student affairs says the issue "isn't about free speech." Sure it isn't. And we have always been at war with Eastasia, too. The university is trying to tell the newspaper what kind of comments it can permit and what kind it cannot, and threatening to shut it down if it does not comply. That's textbook. It's also illegal. As the ACLU notes in a letter to the school:
"The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals . . . definitively ruled on this question in Joyner v. Whiting . . . . In response, the university president withheld funding from the newspaper. The court held that 'if a college has a student newspaper, its publication cannot be suppressed because college officials dislike its editorial comment . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at 2.timesdispatch.com ...
A group of alumni should fund an online newspaper.
That’s a great idea.
All I know is that the Hokies just got their arse’s handed to them by the Duke Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor.....Singler and Scheyer were on fire.
I was following the hockey game, so thanks for the update. It’s still early. It’s only February. Just wait till March.
So were the refs. I had to splain my son that any team that plays Duke or Carolina have to contend with 6 men because the refs play for UNC or Duke.
If they play each other, it’s the battle of the whining coaches.
The “racism” and “homophobia” were just people disagreeing with said entities. The university was hoping to sanitize the newspaper.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.