(From PopeCenter.org):
By Todd J. Zywicki
The university where I teach, George Mason University (GMU), has a speech code which purports to regulate the speech of students in the interest of civility and educational values.
As a result, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education has given George Mason a “yellow” light rating, which identifies an institution “with at least one ambiguous policy that too easily encourages administrative abuse and arbitrary application.” Following a 2005 incident in which a student (and former Air Force veteran) was arrested by campus police for violating a substantively similar regulation, the university pledged to review its policies. But nearly a decade later, the rules haven’t been improved. CONTINUE READING HERE