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Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Blind squirrels and stopped clocks
Usually, FIRE is concerned about the rights of conservative students to not be exposed to contrasting ideas. Recently, though, Agape reports, FIRE has found the right side of an issue:
A Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) spokesman says the group is concerned about Hampton University's commitment to free expression. In November, police officers at the Virginia school confronted seven students who were passing out flyers protesting President Bush's response to Hurricane Katrina. Later, the students were charged with "posting unauthorized materials" and threatened with expulsion.
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FIRE objects to the sentence, Shibley says, "because we believe that, at a university that promises to give a liberal education and that upholds the general standards of academic freedom, students shouldn't be forced to run their political tracts by administrators before passing them out." He feels the students' punishment should be rescinded and that Hampton's administration should renew its commitment to the principle of free speech.
