blog#8 Jason Sylvester

Blog #8 do campus speech violate student rights
Some colleges and universities have designated ‘free speech zones’ on campus where students assemble to speak and protest. Students must request permission from the administration to use the free speech zones. The free speech zones movement present a major threat to the ideals of free thought and free inquiry to which colleges and universities should be devoted. College administrators have used every trick in the book to try to limit student speech. When college speech zones have faced a court test they will almost certainly be declared unconstitutional. The law requires that government infringements on first amendment rights be narrowly tailored to accomplish a specific, legitimate purpose-which speech zones are not. Although free speech zones may be a violation of student rights, in some cases it may be necessary to control what topics should be discussed publicly or privately, therefore I believe that free speech zones are necessary