From: kadie@cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie)
Subject: Re: Censorship and Internet (Re: Samit Banerjee and Ed Crick)
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:42:21 GMT

vidynath@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyarath K Rao) writes:

[...]
>If some one [...] uses uncalled for vulgarity, save it,
>send it to the system administrator of the poster and demand action. If none
>is forthcoming, pursue the matter with the ompudspersons' office at the
>institution.
[...]

Most universities in the U.S. contractually protect their students
freedom of speech (including vulgarity).

Fight bad speech with more speech, not with suppression.

- Carl

ANNOTATED REFERENCES

(All these documents are available on-line. Access information follows.)

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academic/student.code.uiuc
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* U. of Illinois at U-C -- Student Code -- Excerpts

Excerpts from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Code on
Campus Affairs and Regulations Applying to All Students (Aug. 1985)

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academic/conduct-code-etc.nwu
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* Northwestern U. -- Code of Conduct, etc.

Several policies from Northwestern University (Chicago).

    Rules And Regulations Of Student Conduct Policy
    Statement On Student Rights And Responsibilities
    Policy On Summary Suspensions
    Guidelines For Access To Student Records
    University Statutes: Article V, Students
    University Statement On Sexual Harassment
    Trustee Statement On Disruption

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faq/netnews.writing
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* Netnews -- Policies on What Users Write
 
q: Should my university allow students to post to Netnews?
 
a: Yes. Free inquiry and free expression are an important part of a
...

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faq/netnews.liability
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* Netnews -- On University Liability for Netnews
 
q: Does a University reduce its likely liability by screening Netnews
for offensive articles and newsgroups?
 
a: Not necessarily. By screening articles and newsgroups the
...

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faq/media.control
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* University Control of Media
 
q: Since freedom of the press belongs to those who own presses, a
public university can do anything it wants with the media that it
owns, right?
 
a: No. Like any organization, the government must work within its
...

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caf
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* About the CAF mailing lists (and newsgroups)

A description of the comp-academic-freedom-talk mailing list. It is a
free-forum for the discussion of questions such as: How should general
principles of academic freedom (such as freedom of expression, freedom
to read, due process, and privacy) be applied to university computers
and networks? How are these principles actually being applied? How can
the principles of academic freedom as applied to computers and
networks be defended?

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If you have gopher, you can browse the CAF archive with the command
   gopher gopher.eff.org

These document(s) are also available by anonymous ftp (the preferred
method) and by email. To get the file(s) via ftp, do an anonymous ftp
to ftp.eff.org (192.88.144.4), and get file(s):

  pub/academic/academic/student.code.uiuc
  pub/academic/academic/conduct-code-etc.nwu
  pub/academic/faq/netnews.writing
  pub/academic/faq/netnews.liability
  pub/academic/faq/media.control
  pub/academic/caf

To get the file(s) by email, send email to archive-server@eff.org.
Include the line(s) (be sure to include the space before the file
name):

send acad-freedom/academic student.code.uiuc
send acad-freedom/academic conduct-code-etc.nwu
send acad-freedom/faq netnews.writing
send acad-freedom/faq netnews.liability
send acad-freedom/faq media.control
send acad-freedom caf

-- 
Carl Kadie -- I do not represent any organization; this is just me.
 = kadie@cs.uiuc.edu =
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