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North Carolina U’s contradict themselves on open searches
In episode six, The Portal, we mentioned that North Carolina State's current chancellor, Randy Woodsen, was chosen in a secret search. This is true of all North Carolina public university chancellors. Universities there have interpreted an open records law exemption related to public employee personal records to mean that
EXTRA: When speech isn’t free, but it should be
As students return to campus amidst a global pandemic, news stories are popping up, citing the concerns of resident assistants in dormitories about how some universities are handling safety. Almost all of the concerns are from RAs who are speaking anonymously, and almost all of the stories cite policies
University of Utah doubles down on media policy identified by WDWK as violating the First Amendment
In Episode 2, we revealed that many major universities have unconstitutional policies, gagging the rights of student athletes, and telling them that they cannot speak publicly without first getting permission. This flies in the face of the First Amendment. Monday, the University of Utah not only doubled down