U. of Texas ends fight over dorm-room Obama signs

[Fleshdancer]

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081009/D93N6OE00.html


Connor Kincaid and his cousin and roommate, Blake Kincaid, said they were barred from registering for spring classes after refusing Wednesday to take down their signs supporting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

"Effective immediately, I am suspending the prohibition on signs in individual students' residence hall room windows and any sanctions related to its enforcement," UT President Bill Powers said in a written statement.

Powers said he had formed a committee to study the policy and make recommendations. In the meantime, he said, school policy now "expressly allows the display of signs and posters in students' residence hall room windows."

The Kincaid cousins were told during an administrative hearing Wednesday to take down their signs supporting Obama.

"This is an important free speech issue," said Connor Kincaid, a 20-year-old junior who claimed during the hearing that he saw a sign supporting Republican candidate John McCain in the window of another dorm.

The university says the dispute had nothing to do with either candidate. UT has had a policy for more than 10 years forbidding the posting of signs in dorm windows in order to control the look of the campus and avoid the appearance that the university is supporting any candidate, said Jeff Graves, an associate vice president for UT legal affairs.

[sonias]

1. Lots of threads on Burnt Orange about this with pictures

Students Standing up to UT Sign Ruling -Signs Still Up!

Good for them!

:bounce:


Sonia

[Longhorn]

2. K&R nt

[salonghorn70]

3. Who Cares?

If you think this is the real burning issue on campus this week, then you are wrong.

The Forty Acres, Austin, and the whole state of Texas have but one thing on our minds: BEATING ou.

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