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Colorado College Punishes Students for Satirical Flyer
by Allison Kasic
April 2, 2008, 12:06pm
The Foundation of Individual Rights in Education highlighted a ridiculous case in my home state of Colorado earlier this week:
Two students at Colorado College were found guilty of violating the school's conduct code regarding "violence" after they distributed a satirical flyer mocking a publication of the Feminist and Gender Studies program. As part of their punishment, student Chris Robinson and a second student have been required to hold a campus forum discussing issues brought up by their satirical publication.
More details here.
3 Comments
Hey Skipper | April 3, 2008, 2:39pm | #
student Chris Robinson and a second student have been required to hold a campus forum discussing issues brought up by their satirical publication.
Sounds like the college will have scored an own-goal.
Ismone | April 8, 2008, 1:51pm | #
But what was the full context of the two flyers? Have you read them both, Alison? If not, how are you comfortable writing about them?
Allison | April 9, 2008, 4:33pm | #
Ismone,
If you follow the link in my post, you can see full PDF versions of both flyers.
Cheers,
Allison