Free speech has become a big deal in this country. Riot squads are not allowed to say certain things in basketball and football games. In school, students are being kept away from saying things that may disturbing or offensive. Ideas are being censored too because they can be “disturbing” or offensive. Students should not be censored because of their ideas or statements.…
In the article “A Teachable Moment, But Not Censorship, at Harvard.” Boston Globe Editorial Staff argues kids should pay for their stupid behavior on the internet and Harvard reserves the right to rescind admission at any time before enrollment. Because Harvard reserves the right to rescind admission, this case does not touch the free speech “brouhaha” and the kids should pay for their stupid behavior. According to Boston Globe Editorial Staff, “Harvard reserves the right to rescind admission at any time before enrollment, for many reasons, including whether the prospective student engages in behavior ‘that brings into question their honesty, maturity, or moral character.’”…
In Jay Weiser’s article “Campus Speech and Anti-Klan Laws”, Weiser discusses the increasing problem of counter-protests and protests becoming shouting matches and even violent riots. We are in a time where the country is deeply divided and politics have gotten so personal that disagreeing with someone could be seen as an attack on them. Campuses around the United States have become the center of attention in these times as students are moving towards violence to make their point. Weisser tackles the issue of protecting free speech but at the same time, how do we stop the increasing violence? Universities and colleges for a long time have been seen as fairly liberal and a place for new ideas to be brought up and discussed.…
As a college student, you are paying for the courses that you take and you expect for the professor to teach the material that you are required to learn by the end of the semester for your exams. In college, it seems to be the norm for professors to go off topic and go on a rant about current social issues or even about our current president. To prevent this from occurring David Horowitz, a conservative activist created the Academic Bill of Rights. The Academic Bill of Rights has a focus on eight broad principles that would put an end to students being a victim of hearing professor political or religious beliefs. Colleges and universities should officially recognize the Academic Bill of Rights.…
Diagnostic Essay People in today's society generally cannot go one day without being offended by a statement involving key issues relating to the world that we live in. Since everyone is more sensitive than a teenage girl who is experimenting with her first relationship, people are beginning to hold back what they truly feel. In high school, everyone is usually friends or is caught up spreading as much drama as possible, but they are young kids who do not know any better. College on the other hand is slightly different.…
Throughout history there has always been a problem with the discrimination of people of different color, sexual orientation, gender, and other historically persecuted groups in the United States. The solution that colleges, including Hillsborough Community College to prevent any discrimination towards students in which they have started to implement speech codes that regulate what can and cannot be said on campuses. Under the 1st amendment all speech is protected no matter how offensive or hurtful they might be and these speech codes violate these students’ rights. The policies at HCC towards hate speech also infringe on students ' right of freedom of speech and expression. One of the main points that is promoted is that college allows students to freely express their views and opinions to create a more diverse environment.…
To me both freedom of speech and academic freedom serve the same purpose and necessity, especially on a college campus. If institutions of higher learning are allowed to infringe on the expressed rights of students, faculty, and staff as a nation it is my belief that we have lost all hope in our government, and in the laws that are implemented to serve and protect us. The Bill of Rights was implemented to protect society, institutions of higher learning were also implemented to protect society, if one disregards the other it will be a systemic failure that we will all…
Why Students have the Freedom to Undisrupted Speech in Schools A protest influenced a major Supreme Court case. The protest occurred in “November 1965, about [one-hundred and forty] anti-Vietnam War groups staged a ‘march on Washington,’ which drew an estimated twenty-five thousand participants” (Johnson 1). This compelled John Tinker, Mary Beth Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt, to take a stand against the Vietnam War. The Tinker’s and Eckhardt protest reached the Supreme Court, on claims to the violation of their First Amendment rights.…
Parental Censorship of School Literature Students in the graduating classes below Julia's may never get to read the Twilight series. Her parents thought that vampires and werewolves were unholy, satanic things to write about, not to mention that there were sexual themes, violence, and curse words present. Indignant, they called the school to complain when their daughter brought the series home to read. Her school chose to remove the books from its library, depriving the entire student body of Stephanie Meyers' literary phenomenon based on the religious beliefs, sexual repression, and overall conservative nature of one child's parents.…
To, The Administration Newspapers are one of the main source to spread the news and information among people and make people aware of different incidents. In addition to that they provide with the ideas of what’s going around them and around the world. Likewise, the college newspaper also provides the information on the events and the incidents happening on the college, so I think the college newspapers should be given an absolute free speech with no censorship from faculty. School newspaper helps the students to encourage for writing the articles that, they have visited personally. It adds the confidence in student as they could easily realize their potential and can express their writings among the students through the newspaper as school newspapers are mainly written by college students.…
Freedom of speech has been made the villain, it seems, standing in the way of the Leftists at Berkeley. Protest groups and their need for “closed perimeters” are where the fear of self expression stems from. The fear of being judged or misinterpreted. Berkeley students who find themselves affected by “Berkeley Free Speech Week” should not be at college in the first place. These institutions foster…
With students being sensitive on campuses and in classrooms, they are restricting their peers from getting the most out of their education that does not come cheap these days. While certain topics of conversation, such as hatred, racism, and bigotry should never be tolerated on college campuses, students need to refrain from being overly sensitive to certain subjects because it is important to gain awareness through genuine and productive conversations. Banning words or ideas goes directly against our country's ideals of free expression and prohibits students from getting the true college experience, which is to explore complex, and often controversial…
Free Speech in Colleges The college institutions are changing but are changing in the wrong way. Many colleges in this time are opting for a change in school policy. Colleges believe that banning the certain use of words is important to ending hate speech. This kind of thinking is very bad when your denying the students their rights.…
Free Speech was fundamental in the foundation of the United States, and has served as a crucial aspect of our society ever since the establishment of the constitution. The united states was founded by people wishing to seek religious and ideological freedom from oppressive governments. Moving forward from the start of the country, free speech has allowed for more ideological and technological innovation than arguably and other place in the world. By allowing anyone to share their opinions and innovations with the public, the country was able to see political and economic growth like no other country had seen before. Unfortunately, free speech has seen a massive influx of criticism recently.…
The Dangers of Safe Spaces Safe spaces can destroy the basic setup of college campuses right to promote freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is something that many have fought long and hard for everyone to have. College is supposed to help everyone get accustom to how things are in the real world. Having “safe spaces” on campuses deliberately hinders freedom of speech and it helps generate a world of more close minded people. While colleges are comprised of people from all around the world, everyone’s mind is not that diverse when it comes to thinking.…