Thanks for posting the links which are relative to college campuses. The Central Michigan one was one of the five on the FIRE site and from what I can tell the administration is obstinate about reversing their decision. I find that to be reprehensible. It's good to see that the Student Government has chosen to and can speak out against it.
I hadn't seen the Berkeley stuff but seeing as how Berkeley is another planet, I'm not surprised! I'll refrain from any further comment until after I've read "The Shadow University" because I want to stay on point with our original discussion. Best, Brenda n.p.: Orbital - "Illuminate" On 25 Oct 2001, at 19:30, Kakki wrote: > Brenda and Mary asked for more examples of where display of flags and/or > patriotism or opinion has been censored or have been attempted to be > censored in recent weeks. Personally I have heard many reports of such > incidents coming from around the country ever since Sept. 11th. Many of the > reports I heard on the radio (one of the Clear Channel music stations) so I > cannot go back now and provide proof of those reports. Also, many of the news > reports I read are no longer available. However, today I did some searches and > found a whole new crop just within the past week. Here are some links: > > "Patriotic Banners Coming Down," North County Times, 10/23/01 > > http://www.nctimes.net/news/2001/20011023/51924.html > > "City of Los Angeles Sued Over Bid To Ban Patriotic Mural," ABC News, > 10/23/01 > > http://www.abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20011023_1796.html > > "SGA Denounces Removal of Patriotic Symbols," Central Michigan Life, > 10/24/01 > > http://www.cm-life.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2001/10/24/3bd63a75540ef > > "University of Censorship Fall Semester," San Francisco Chronicle, 10/11/01 > > http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/10/11/ED220481.DTL > > "Daily Cals Stolen Replaced with Protestor Flyers," The Daily Californian, > 10/25/01 > > http://www.dailycal.com/article.asp?id=6816 > > Below are some other articles along this topic generally: > > "Is Pride the Same as Arrogance?", Christian Science Monitor, 10/17/01 > > http://www.csmonitor.com/cgi-bin/getasciiarchive?script/2001/10/17/p14s2.txt > > "When Viewpoints Clash", Christian Science Monitor, 10/9/01 > > http://www.csmonitor.com/cgi-bin/getasciiarchive?script/2001/10/09/p12s1.txt
