Sunday, January 9, 2011

Chalk is STILL free speech! « Occupy UCI!

Chalk is STILL free speech! « Occupy UCI!

Chalk is STILL free speech!

Monday January 10 • 11:30am • UCI Flagpoles

Last quarter, police detained 9 students for chalking political messages on campus and immediately washed it away. While the issue of chalking seems silly, it is representative of a larger free speech problem on campus. Last year, police were used to remove posters advertising rallies, and Reservations has routinely denied events sponsored by activist groups, while communicating closely with the Office of Student Conduct about reservation