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Nathan Kalman-Lamb
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“Happiness Vampire”; Assoc Prof of Soc @ UNB; social theory + sport; words in The Guardian etc; co-host @endofsportpod.bsky.social; he/him; preorder *The End of College Football*: t.co/0C19WAmL6y
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Other schools are literally banning “outdoor displays,” “booths,” “chalking,” and “disruptive activity” among MANY other things.

Elsewhere, the University of Illinois imposed restrictions on the use of “event tents, tables, walls, outdoor displays, inflatables, freestanding signs, huts, sculptures, booths, facilities, flashing or rotating lights, illuminated signs, or similar objects and structures”. The University of Louisville, in Kentucky, proposed bans on chalking and yard signs and a requirement that other signage “align with the university mission”. (A spokesperson for the university told the Guardian that the policy “has not been enacted”.) Other schools, like Case Western Reserve University, in Ohio, introduced a seven-day notice requirement for any demonstrations. The University of Michigan introduced a new “disruptive activity policy” that speech advocates criticized as overly broad and punitive.
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DRfisherdanar.bsky.social

Chalking as a disruptive action?? Where are we??

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ISnwayne66.bsky.social

WTAF?? Disappointed my school’s on this list.

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GCspectralthrum.bsky.social

One thing that comes to mind, though the context was slightly different, is how political Columbia's administration was when Ahmadinejad (yes, an asshole of a being) came to visit.

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OEjtsdmpk.bsky.social

I remember the hullabaloo during the Bush administration when universities were expanding the use of Free Speech Zones; it's shocking to see how many are going well beyond that now.

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Ponbluskysku.bsky.social

“Align with university mission” at a public university has gotta violate the first amendment somehow

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MZtroubeerdourks.bsky.social

Schooling and education can be very different things, as sociologist Stanley Abramowitz pointed out.

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Rpaix120.bsky.social

I heard the same for James Madison University

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Aapocalypticanow.bsky.social

It's not gonna work. The atrocities against Palestinians are ongoing. These measures, if they are enforced, will only anger students and cause any protesters to dig in their heels

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WTgpthacker.bsky.social

It’s amazing that they’re doing this yet out the other side of their mouths say a crucial mission of Universities is to facilitate students doing just this type of activities. Fuckers. Hypocrites. Cowards.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb
@nkalamb.bsky.social
“Happiness Vampire”; Assoc Prof of Soc @ UNB; social theory + sport; words in The Guardian etc; co-host @endofsportpod.bsky.social; he/him; preorder *The End of College Football*: t.co/0C19WAmL6y
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