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</font></div><div style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Investigation 'not warranted' into SLO Peace Coalition protest at Cal Poly, university finds</font></div><div>Posted: May 23, 2018 6:14 PM PDT</div><div>Updated: Jun 29, 2018 3:55 PM PDT</div><div>UPDATE: On Friday, June 29, Cal Poly said the university's Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities had conducted a requisite review of the incident and determined that a full investigation was not needed.</div><div>
</div><div>School officials say they found "insufficient evidence that violations of student conduct had occurred."</div><div>
</div><div>"The university followed standard policy and procedure - which exist to help ensure that the rights of all campus community members are upheld," according to Spokesman Matt Lazier. </div><div>
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</div><div>Another free speech clash at Cal Poly is making the rounds online.</div><div>
</div><div>Members of the SLO Peace Coalition protested at a career fair on campus in late April.</div><div>
</div><div>They sang a song in the vein of Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the U.S.A." but with different lyrics criticizing the military and weapons makers.</div><div>
</div><div>"You're killing all across the world for that war money and we proudly rise up until you put your weapons down," they sang outside the booth for defense contractor Raytheon.</div><div>
</div><div>"Private corporations who make a literal killing of money off of killing, off of making weapons. On our campus, companies like Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, they have huge stakes on our campus in many ways but in particular, getting our future graduates to work for them," said Matt Klepfer, with the SLO Peace Coalition.</div><div>
</div><div>A Facebook Live recording shows the group members sang and chanted for about 15 minutes.</div><div>
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</div><div>The group says they left their protest viewing it as a success. The students now say The Cal Poly Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities is investigating them for possibly breaking campus rules.</div><div>
</div><div>"These sanctions could go anywhere from not walking in graduation to expulsion," said Dominic Scialabba, a member of SLO Peace Coalition.</div><div>
</div><div>Pointing at Cal Poly's recent blackface controversy, the group says their first amendment right is just as important as anyone else's.</div><div>
</div><div>"There's a lot of people who are making this school worse and their actions are considered free speech, yet we're trying to make this school better and ours aren't. It's really scary," Klepfer said.</div><div>
</div><div>Cal Poly would not say whether there's an investigation, though the university did say the event was not open to the public.</div><div>
</div><div>Matt Lazier, media relations director for Cal Poly University Communications, sent KSBY News this statement:</div><div>
</div><div>Cal Poly supports the free speech rights of all of its campus community members and visitors. To ensure that the exercise of the right of free expression does not interfere with university functions, imperil public safety, obstruct or damage university facilities, or cause individuals to become audiences against their will, the university maintains and enforces campus regulations regarding the time, place and manner of the exercise of free expression by individuals and groups. These are outlined in Campus Administrative Policy 140.</div><div>
</div><div>I can also tell you that the specific event you reference was not open to the general public. Someone who chooses to stage a disruptive protest during such an event could face potential criminal charges. As well, if this action is engaged in by an employee or student, the university would review the activity to determine whether it violated a university policy. If a violation of university policy is found to have occurred, an employee and/or student could face appropriate disciplinary action.</div><div>
</div><div>Privacy laws preclude the university from discussing any specific student conduct processes, so I can’t tell you whether there are any reviews under way specific to this matter. However, I can say that there were no arrests associated with the protest, nor were any criminal charges submitted to the District Attorney’s Office.</div><div>
</div><div>The group has started a petition on Change.org asking the university to stop investigating them, claiming they were peaceful and the university has bigger issues to deal with.</div><div>
</div><div>"This happened the same week, or shortly thereafter, as Cal Poly's administration decided not to sanction someone who did blackface," the petition reads. "While we are not sure what the sanctions will be, student peace activists are scared the university will threaten their futures."</div><div>
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</div><em style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Racist sign and symbols found at Cal Poly agriculture house no punishment expected</strong></em></div><div><b><i><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /></i></b><h3 style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(165, 166, 169); text-transform: uppercase; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">BY NEW TIMES STAFF</h3><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Cal Poly University officials say they’ve spoken to residents after racist symbols and words were found adorning the Crops House, a university-owned house where agriculture students are given subsidized lodging in exchange for work on the school’s farms.</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Responding to inquiries from New Times<b>, school officials said they’d confirmed that a racist sign was posted at the house during a recent party. It read: “No n*ers,” along with a similar slur against gays</b>.</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><table align="left" width="200" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 13px 13px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tbody style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><td style="padding: 5px; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><td style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(180, 199, 201);"><tbody style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><td style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal;"><table border="0" bgcolor="#E2EBEC" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><td valign="top" style="padding: 5px; margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal;"><a href="http://www.newtimesslo.com/images/cms/full/what'snews-cropshouse0.jpg" class="imgZoom" rel="gallery" title="A confederate flag can be seen adorning the Crops House, with the same symbol painted across a table out front. - NEW TIMES STAFF PHOTO" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><img src="http://www.newtimesslo.com/images/cms/thumb/what'snews-cropshouse0.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" /></a><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><strong style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">CONFEDERACY ON DISPLAY</strong></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><td style="padding: 0px 5px 5px; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal;"><em style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">A confederate flag can be seen adorning the Crops House, with the same symbol painted across a table out front.</em></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><td style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal;"><strong style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">NEW TIMES STAFF PHOTO</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">  In a more recent visit, reporters saw a Confederate flag tacked above the entrance to the house, draped near a hangman’s noose. Another large Confederate flag was painted on a table in front of the house.</span></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“I have found out that, in fact, it is true,<b>” John Peterson, head of the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science,</b> said of the racist sign seen at the party.</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Petersen initially responded to questions about the sign and symbols with disbelief, saying that the noose could have been part of a Halloween decoration. Still, Peterson said he followed up by visiting the house, where he saw the Confederate flag, but no noose and no sign.</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">“In talking with the students,” he said, “I don’t think they meant to send a message [with the noose and flag] that was racially insensitive or motivated.”</span></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">He said, however, that the issue was nonetheless being taken seriously.</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“I find it quite reprehensible,” Petersen said of the sign using the n-word. “It doesn’t represent the views of my department, my faculty, or my university.”</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The word aside, the flag and noose are considered undeniably racist symbols, according to The Anti-Defamation League, particularly when placed next to each other.</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Still, Peterson said, there is a First Amendment question involved.</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><table align="left" width="200" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 13px 13px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tbody style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><td style="padding: 5px; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><td style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(180, 199, 201);"><tbody style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><td style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal;"><table border="0" bgcolor="#E2EBEC" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><td valign="top" style="padding: 5px; margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal;"><a href="http://www.newtimesslo.com/images/cms/full/what'snews%20crops%20house-croppedin.jpg" class="imgZoom" rel="gallery" title="A hangman’s noose can also be seen tied on a railing near the Confederate flag. 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- NEW TIMES STAFF PHOTO" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><img src="http://www.newtimesslo.com/images/cms/thumb/what'snews%20crops%20house-croppedin.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" /></a><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><strong style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">A CLOSER LOOK</strong></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><td style="padding: 0px 5px 5px; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal;"><em style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">A hangman’s noose can also be seen tied on a railing near the Confederate flag. Between them flies an American flag.</em></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><td style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal;"><strong style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">NEW TIMES STAFF PHOTO</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">“It’s a really big deal,” Peterson said “But there are limits to what can be done. There are free speech rights.”</span></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Beyond that, he said, there is no way to know who posted the sign.</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Although Peterson said he spoke to students at the house, he said no formal punishment was forthcoming.</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In a written statement, house residents called the displays “inappropriate” and said they were “truly embarrassed” for how their actions reflected on the university.</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">“We house members truly recognize how intolerant, insensitive, immature, and ignorant [our] actions were. These items were displayed without forethought and were promptly removed when their negative significance and connotations were realized.”</span></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Crops House is an extension of the dorm system, according to Petersen. It is one of six houses for students in the various ag majors, including houses for dairy-science students, horticulture students, and animal-science students. The houses are run by their respective departments. About six students live at the Crops House during the school year, without anyone filling the position of resident advisor. In dorms, R.A.s are students who receive room and board in exchange for helping enforce university housing policies.</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The house sits at the end of an unmarked dirt road that leads off Highland Drive through fields and orchards. Next to the house, a garage houses a pool table, and an assortment of vehicles are parked in a lot nearby. Peterson said that the Crops House, and others like it, exists to enforce the learn-by-doing method preached at Cal Poly.</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The students perform roles that would be taken on if Cal Poly’s farm were a family farm, rather than a project. They are responsible for such tasks as turning on heaters in the orange orchard in the event of a sudden freeze, or taking care of problems that might arise after the nine-to-five farmers and faculty have gone home.</p></div><div>
</div><div>=</div><div>see indoc u and hinkle</div><div>=</div><div>The Cal Poly College Republicans have launched a petition to end a California State University policy requiring all clubs to have open membership, saying the rule will result in members who do not adhere to conservative values.</div><div>
</div><div>College Republicans President and psychology senior Nate Honeycutt said California Executive Order 1068, which requires CSU-affiliated clubs to accept all interested students, will force organizations to compromise their core values.</div><div>
</div><div>“The crux of the open membership requirement is that all leadership and membership positions in every club have to be open to any students,” Honeycutt said. “In my opinion, that really defeats the purpose of a club.”</div><div>
</div><div>Executive Order 1068, issued by former CSU Chancellor Charles Reed in 2011, says that “No campus shall recognize any fraternity, sorority, living group, honor society, or other student organization unless its membership and leadership are open to all currently enrolled students at that campus, except that a social fraternity or sorority or other university living group may impose a gender limitation.”</div><div>
</div><div>While the executive order is enforced across the CSU system, Honeycutt hopes to start the movement against it at Cal Poly and attract attention from clubs at other schools around the state.</div><div>
</div><div>Vice President of Student Affairs Keith Humphrey clarified Cal Poly does not have the authority to override a CSU policy, but applauded the initiative displayed by the College Republicans.</div><div>
</div><div>“We will continue to support our students in the exploration of their free-speech and advocacy options in this matter, as it is our role in Student Affairs to support students in these situations,” Humphrey wrote in an email.</div><div>
</div><div>Humphrey added open membership does not apply to groups separated by gender, including fraternities, sororities and club sports teams.</div><div>
</div><div>Honeycutt submitted a memorandum to Humphrey, Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) President Jason Colombini, Dean of Students Jean DeCosta, Club Sports Administrator Everette Brooks and ASI Program Coordinator Michelle Crawford, detailing his club’s opposition to the executive order.</div><div>
</div><div>Humphrey said he had been Cc’d on the memo, but any formal discussion would take place between ASI and the College Republicans.</div><div>
</div><div>“The current petition being circulated by the College Republicans at Cal Poly will be treated fairly and welcomed as all other student expressions of free speech,” he said.</div><div>
</div><div>If non-conservative students are allowed to join the College Republicans, the club’s central purpose will be nullified, Honeycutt said.</div><div>
</div><div>“We would welcome any student to come to our meetings and hear what we’re about,” he said. “But with an open membership requirement, we aren’t able to protect our club and the mission and values we embody.”</div><div>
</div><div>About 10 years ago, a group of students opposed to the College Republicans’ viewpoints joined the club and created a liberal voting bloc, which negated the conservative values of other members, Honeycutt said.</div><div>
</div><div>Today, all students are welcome at College Republicans’ meetings, but they must first be registered Republicans to gain membership.</div><div>
</div><div>Club officers can also vote on whether students who are not politically affiliated show enough conservative values to be voted in as members.</div><div>
</div><div>The College Republicans fear being dominated by Democrats trying to disrupt the club’s plans if it is forced to admit all members, Honeycutt said.</div><div>
</div><div>“An open membership requirement makes it so that other people can spy on, take over or dilute the messages of rival groups,” he said. “We don’t want to keep people out. We just want to restrict membership so we can protect the purpose of our group.”</div><div>
</div><div>While Humphrey said he had heard of some clubs’ ideological opposition to the executive order, no groups had reported operational or managerial problems since its implementation.</div><div>
</div><div>Under Executive Order 1068, honor societies are also not allowed to deny admission to students with unsatisfactory grades, though Humphrey said he has not heard complaints on the matter.</div><div>
</div><div>Christian fraternity Alpha Gamma Omega and sorority Alpha Delta Chi are not recognized by Cal Poly because of Title 5, which prohibits any state-supported organization from discriminating based on religion.</div><div>
</div><div>=</div><div>Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch, a program of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, and the author of nine books on Islam and jihad, including the New York Times bestsellers The Truth About Muhammad and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades). Spencer is a weekly columnist for Human Events and FrontPage Magazine, and has led seminars on Islam and jihad for the United States Central Command, United States Army Command and General Staff College, the U.S. Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group, the FBI, the Joint Terrorism Task Force, and the U.S. intelligence community.</div><div>
</div><div>Spencer has also written eleven monographs and well over three hundred articles about jihad and Islamic terrorism. Along with the bestsellers The Truth About Muhammad (Regnery) and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) (Regnery), he is the author of Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions About the World's Fastest Growing Faith (Encounter); Onward Muslim Soldiers: How Jihad Still Threatens America and the West (Regnery); Religion of Peace? Why Christianity Is and Islam Isn't (Regnery), a refutation of moral equivalence and call for all the beneficiaries and heirs of Judeo-Christian Western civilization, whatever their own religious or philosophical perspective may be, to defend it from the global jihad; and Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam is Subverting America without Guns or Bombs (Regnery), an expose of how jihadist groups are advancing their agenda in the U.S. today by means other than terrorist attacks.. He is coauthor, with Daniel Ali, of Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics (Ascension), and editor of the essay collection The Myth of Islamic Tolerance: How Islamic Law Treats Non-Muslims (Prometheus). His latest book is The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran (Regnery). Spencer's books have been translated into many languages, including Spanish, Italian, Finnish, and Bahasa Indonesia.</div><div>
</div><div>Along with his weekly columns, Spencer has completed a weekly Qur'an commentary at Jihad Watch, Blogging the Qur'an, which has been translated into Czech, Danish, German and Italian. He is an Associate Fellow of the American Freedom Alliance and a contributing writer to Steven Emerson's Investigative Project on Terrorism. His articles on Islam and other topics have appeared in the New York Post, the Washington Times, the Dallas Morning News, Canada's National Post, Middle East Quarterly, WorldNet Daily, First Things, Insight in the News, National Review Online, and many other journals.</div><div>
</div><div>In addition to the seminars on Islam and jihad that Spencer has led for the United States Central Command, United States Army Command and General Staff College, a Department of Homeland Security task force, the FBI, branches of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, and the U.S. intelligence community, he has discussed jihad, Islam, and terrorism at a workshop sponsored by the U.S. State Department and the German Foreign Ministry. He has also appeared on the BBC, CNN, FoxNews, PBS, MSNBC, CNBC, C-Span, France24 and Croatia National Televison (HTV), as well as on numerous radio programs including Bill O'Reilly's Radio Factor, The Laura Ingraham Show, Bill Bennett's Morning in America, Michael Savage's Savage Nation, The Sean Hannity Show, The Alan Colmes Show, The G. Gordon Liddy Show, The Neal Boortz Show, The Michael Medved Show, The Michael Reagan Show, The Rusty Humphries Show, The Larry Elder Show, The Barbara Simpson Show, Vatican Radio, and many others.</div><div>=</div><div>As "Fox News' brightest, funniest young Conservative mind," Steven Crowder is a mainstay in the worlds of television, comedy and writing.  Before being brought in as one of Fox News' youngest contributors ever, Steven began his career in entertainment with acting and stand up comedy.</div><div>
</div><div>Beginning as a mere teenager, Steven performed in the major festivals and winning national talent competitions (including one on Myspace, remember that site?) all before he was old enough to legally consume a beer. Unsatisfied, Steven decided to take his brand of take-no-prisoners, politically incorrect, comedy-club-favorite humor… to the Internet. Quickly racking up tens of millions of views, Crowder was seen as somewhat of a conundrum. His irreverent, hilarious yet distinctly conservative videos surprisingly went viral, resulting in him being thrust into the national spotlight of cable news and radio. You name the show, Crowder's done it.</div><div>
</div><div>While still active in both television/film and comedy, Crowder is now most famously known as a conservative lightening rod. As an entertainer, activist and commentator, Crowder's trademark has become that of bravely entering the belly of the liberalism beast… without backing down. Be it television, the stage or the Internet, wherever Crowder goes, he continues to leave enlightenment, entertainment and controversy in his wake. Enjoy.</div><div>
</div><div>Bio courtesy of: YAF</div><div>
</div><div>Read about Crowder's visit to Cal Poly in the Mustang Daily featured in the paper on May 8, 2013: http://mustangdaily.net/political-comedian-brings-american-idiot-to-spotlight/</div><div>=</div><div>2011</div><div>
</div><div> (11/7): Reagan Documentary Screening "Still Point in a Turning World",         and presentation by special guest: co-writer Dan Fleuette</div><div>          Young America's Foundation presents a film by award-winning director Stephen K. Bannon: Still Point In A Turning World, the definitive examination of Ronald Reagan's beloved ranch and its personification of his philosophy and values. (see video preview at the bottom of the page)</div><div>        Time:        7:30 pm - 8:30 pm</div><div>        Location: Building 53, Room 215 (click for link to map)</div><div>        Click for Parking Information</div><div>Tuesday (11/8): Mason Weaver (empowering speaker returns to Cal Poly)</div><div>        Time:         7:00 pm</div><div>        Location:  Business Silo: Bld. 3, Room 213 (click for link to map)</div><div>        Click for Parking information</div><div>        Click for Mason's biography</div><div>        Click here for more information and publicity from the event with Mason Weaver</div><div>Event sponsored by the Cal Poly College Republicans (us) with generous support from ASI</div><div></div><div>l and l why a gun is girl's best friend</div><div>Katie Pavlich is the news editor for Townhall.com and a contributing editor to Townhall Magazine. She is the author of the New York Times Best Seller Fast and Furious: Barack Obama's Bloodiest Scandal and Its Shameless Cover-Up and recently became a Fox News contributor. </div><div>
</div><div>As a reporter, she has covered topics ranging from White House scandals and the 2012 presidential election to the Second Amendment and border issues. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona with a degree in Journalism and is a current National Review Washington Fellow.</div><div>
</div><div>Katie has shared her perspective on multiple media venues including, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC and Fox Business, in addition to a host of national and local radio shows. </div><div>
</div><div>Biography courtesy of: YAF</div><div>See Katie mention Cal Poly on Hannity</div><div>
</div><div>Read the Mustang Daily's article on Katie's visit to Cal Poly published in the paper on February 10, 2013: http://mustangdaily.net/republican-speaker/</div><div></div><div>May 23, 2012</div><div>Joseph Phillips is an accomplished author and a riveting speaker covering a broad range of topics -- American idealism, family values, and character and cultural issues. The venues have also covered a wide gamut: Mr. Phillips has hosted benefits, taught workshops and given keynote addresses at conservative-based functions, community groups, colleges and high schools throughout the country. Mr. Phillips' passionate thoughts on family, faith, and freedom leaves audiences both moved and enthralled.</div><div>
</div><div>Few other speakers can claim to have starred on the number one rated television program of the 1980's--The Cosby Show--and worked as a surrogate for the President of the United States of America; starred on the number on rated daytime drama and syndicated a popular weekly column and authored a best-selling book, He Talk Like a White Boy. He has also performed on Broadway, off-Broadway and in regional theatre stages and been an Abraham Lincoln fellow for the Claremont Institute. Phillips is a true Renaissance man with something to say, and a unique way of saying it.</div><div>
</div><div>His feature films include starring rolls in "Strictly Business," "Let's Talk About Sex" and "Midnight Blue." Besides his starring role on "The Cosby Show," he was a three time NAACP Image Award Nominee for his portrayal of Attorney Justus Ward on the daytime drama General Hospital. For two seasons he appeared as Mayor Morgan Douglas on the CBS series "The District," recurred as Marcus Johnson on the hit CBS series "Without A Trace" and currently appears as JT Morse on the Fox Series "Vanished." He has had guest starring roles on "Las Vegas," "Jack and Bobby,""The King of Queens," "Judging Amy," "Family Law," "Martin," "The Larry Sanders Show," "City of Angles," "Any Day Now," and "The Parkers," among others.</div><div>
</div><div>As a writer, Mr. Phillips has had essays published in Newsweek, Los Angeles Daily News, Essence Magazine, USA Today and many others. His weekly column, "The Way I see It" appears in numerous publications across the country. </div><div>
</div><div>His greatest passion is Nicole, his wife of 12 years, and their three children, Connor, Ellis and Samuel.</div><div>(Bio courtesy of www.YAF.org)</div><div></div><div> (11/4): JOE COHN from FIRE: "First Amendment issues on campus"</div><div>          Hear about shocking cases of censorship at America's colleges and universities that have taught students the wrong lessons about living in a free society, and what we are to do about it.</div><div>UPDATE: Joe will be specifically addressing the Open Membership Topic that has exploded into the campus spotlight this week.</div><div>        Time:        7:30 pm </div><div>        Location: Building 180, Room 101 (see bottom of page for map)</div><div>Event sponsored by the Cal Poly COllege Republicans (us) and co-sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts.</div><div>Thursday (11/7): BEN SHAPIRO: "Bullies"</div><div>         Nationally recognized author and political commentator Ben Shapiro will be discussing how to stand up to the left's culture of fear and intimidation.</div><div>     Time:         6:10 pm</div><div>     Location:  Building 180, Room 114 (see bottom of page for map)</div><div>Event sponsored by the Cal Poly College Republicans (us) and co-sponsored by ASI</div><div>Monday - Wednesday (11/4 - 11/6): Free Speech Wall</div><div>        Time:        All day Monday - Wednesday. Exercise your free speech and write something on the wall. We will be symbolically tearing down the "Berlin Wall" Wednesday evening around 4:00 PM</div><div></div><div>ptatt goa</div><div>
</div><div>http://www.gunowners.org/op0353.htm</div><div>10/03</div><div>
</div><div>It's OK To Leave The Plantation!</div><div>by</div><div>Larry Pratt</div><div>
</div><div>Mason Weaver was a sixties radical who got a degree in Black Studies at Merritt College in Oakland, CA and learned Swahili.</div><div>
</div><div>Today, Weaver is a conservative, and students can get in a whole bunch of trouble just for posting a flyer announcing his appearance on campus.</div><div>
</div><div>Just ask Steve Hinkle, a member of the California Polytechnic State University College Republicans. Hinkle tried to post a flier promoting Mason Weaver's speech about the topic of his book, It's OK To Leave The Plantation. Some black students who were having a Bible study in the multicultural center (savor the irony, please) confronted Hinkle when he attempted to post his flyer.</div><div>
</div><div>The students at the Bible study called the police because they were offended. (These students need to do a study of 1 Corinthians 13, especially verse five that says in part: "[love] does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered.")</div><div>
</div><div>Well, since the folks in the Bible study apparently have not gotten that far in their reading, they pressed charges before the university's Office of Judicial Affairs. Hinkle was subsequently found guilty of disruption of the campus education process. Hinkle has refused to write a letter of apology following his conviction and has been threatened with not receiving his diploma.</div><div>
</div><div>It seems that he has not understood what was obvious to the Vice President of Student Affairs who said the presence of a white Republican near black students made for a "collision of experience" that Mr. Hinkle was "naive" not to realize.</div><div>
</div><div>What a tribute to higher education! Students in a multicultural center, studying the Bible, are steadfast in refusing to accommodate another view they do not understand.</div><div>
</div><div>What is it they did not understand? As Mason Weaver explained to me during my interview of him on my radio show Live Fire, the plaintiffs did not understand that they were "on the plantation." They have been brainwashed by the government schools and the welfare system into defending the status quo of dependency; a dependency orchestrated by black shakedown artists such as Jesse Jackson.[alford literally is?was?]</div><div>
</div><div>Weaver explained that the family was often broken up under slavery. The welfare state has been even more destructive of the family. But rather than dependency on the slave master in the South, the families headed by single moms are dependent on Washington.[moynohan rept?]</div><div>
</div><div>No one is responsible on the dependency plantation. Every bad thing that happens is somebody else's fault. "We have drive-by shootings and look to the white gun manufacturers and not at the black trigger men," says Weaver. "We cannot control the white manufacturers or the [drug] smugglers, but we can control our children. The civil rights movement was about who would control our children. But just like the children of Israel that escaped Egypt, some longed to return to Pharaoh."</div><div>
</div><div>Weaver explains that it is this inculcated mentality of dependence that has so strongly inclined the black community to support gun control. To be a gun owner and expect to have to defend oneself is to make a significant departure from the plantation. Freedom requires us to understand that calling 911 should be done only after the assailant has been shot, apprehended or chased off -- when the danger to the victim is over.[trayvon?]</div><div>
</div><div>Weaver's book is available at http://www.masonweaver.com and my interview with him can be heard athttp://www.gunowners.radio/htm.</div><div>
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</div><div></div><div>The Tribune | SanLuisObispo.com</div><div>
</div><div>EDUCATION</div><div> MAY 26, 2016 5:58 PM</div><div>
</div><div>Cal Poly student files complaint over alleged homophobic remarks by instructor</div><div>
</div><div>Student Mick Bruckner says instructor Michael Winn made “homophobic” remarks while he was in his class last school year</div><div>
</div><div>Bruckner, who describes himself as queer, said Winn called gay marriage a “grave moral mistake”</div><div>
</div><div>Bruckner has opened a Title IX discrimination case against Winn and claims Cal Poly mishandled his original complaint</div><div>
</div><div> Michael Winn, a Cal Poly teacher of more than two decades, is being investigated for alleged homophobic and insensitive comments that he made to a student last year. Mick Bruckner, a Cal Poly political science major, has filed a Title IX complaint against Cal Poly lecturer Michael Winn, citing alleged homophobic remarks.</div><div>
</div><div>After a Cal Poly teacher allegedly told him last year that gay marriage is a “grave moral mistake” and that gay people suffer in the afterlife, a university student who identifies as queer has filed a Title IX discrimination complaint, claiming the university didn’t handle his initial grievance properly.</div><div>
</div><div>Student Mckinley “Mick” Bruckner alleged that communication studies teacher Michael Winn told him during a one-on-one meeting in his office that the persecution of gays and lesbians during the Holocaust was controversial and voiced skeptism that homosexuals were targets of the Holocaust.</div><div>
</div><div>Winn added that he’d “have a hard time finding a wide range of sources” on the subject for a class speech Bruckner planned to give, according to the student, who was a freshman at the time.</div><div>
</div><div>Bruckner also said Winn told him gay marriage is a “grave moral mistake” and gay people will suffer in the afterlife; that his speech on gays and lesbians would be biased because he is gay; and that Winn told him “he has never heard a gay man give a ‘good’ Christian viewpoint on homosexuality.”</div><div>
</div><div>The university has retained the state Attorney General’s Office to investigate the charges under federal Title IX anti-discrimination policy, but declined to comment on the specifics of the case, citing personnel privacy laws.</div><div>
</div><div>Winn declined to comment for this story, saying, “I will not respond prematurely but let the university process take its rightful course.”</div><div>
</div><div>The speech assignment was part of Winn’s winter 2015 public speaking course. Bruckner said he never told Winn he was gay, but that Winn assumed it.</div><div>
</div><div>HE MADE IT SO I DIDN’T WANT TO GO TO CLASS EVER.</div><div>Mick Bruckner, queer Cal Poly student on teacher Mike Winn’s homophobic comments</div><div>
</div><div>“He said he believed homosexuals were immoral, that they were going to hell, that he was a scholar on homosexuality and went to national conferences and debates to defend the moral high ground,” Bruckner told The Tribune. “He said, ‘I’ve had gay students in my class before, and I’ve never had a problem.’ The things he was saying are totally inappropriate.”</div><div>
</div><div>Winn, a full-time Cal Poly lecturer, is a former president of the Nipomo Community Services District’s Board of Directors. He also applied for the vacant seat on the county Board of Supervisors after the sudden death of former supervisor Paul Teixeira in 2013 that was ultimately filled by Caren Ray. Winn has taught at Cal Poly for more than two decades.</div><div>
</div><div>Winn described himself as a Christian and a social conservative.</div><div>
</div><div>Cal Poly spokesman Matt Lazier said the details have “yet to be proven either true or false, as the investigation into this matter is ongoing.”</div><div>
</div><div>“The university takes all gender and sexual orientation discrimination and harassment complaints very seriously, responds to all such complaints fully, and imposes appropriate sanctions where violations are found to have occurred,” Lazier said.</div><div>
</div><div>The university has 60 working days from the date it received the complaint to complete an investigation and another 10 working days to issue the investigation outcome to Bruckner, which would be Aug. 5, Lazier said.</div><div>
</div><div>Bruckner said he first complained in February 2015 — a day after his meeting in Winn’s office — to administrators in the College of Liberal Arts. Administrators recommended that they deal with the situation informally rather than through the university’s Title IX process, which handles complaints of discrimination following a policy spelled out by the California State University system in compliance with federal law.</div><div>
</div><div>I WILL NOT RESPOND PREMATURELY BUT LET THE UNIVERSITY PROCESS TAKE ITS RIGHTFUL COURSE.</div><div>Mike Winn, Cal Poly Communications Studies lecturer</div><div>
</div><div>Earlier this month, Bruckner decided to file a formal complaint because of his dissatisfaction with the college’s informal process, which included conversations with administrators over the course of several months.</div><div>
</div><div>During that informal process, Bruckner received an email on Feb. 12, 2015, from communications studies chair Bernard Duffy that read, “I spoke with Mr. Winn about the concerns you expressed. He was sincerely sorry to have made you uncomfortable and vowed to correct problems that you identified.”</div><div>
</div><div>Then on Nov. 19, 2015, Penny Bennett, Cal Poly’s associate dean for student success in the College of Liberal Arts, sent Bruckner an email that read: “In case you had not heard, I wanted to let you know that Professor Winn has retired from Cal Poly. I believe this was a good thing for our university and our students and I’m so glad that you brought your concerns to my attention.”</div><div>
</div><div>However, this spring, Bruckner said he ran into Winn walking across campus and learned that he was still teaching at Cal Poly.</div><div>
</div><div>“It was so anxiety-producing because the administrators have put me in such a weird, sticky position,” Bruckner said. “Essentially what happened is the dean’s office told me that the professor was forcibly made to retire. I found out in March that they had lied.”</div><div>
</div><div>Bruckner said that when he took Winn’s class, the instructor assigned students to come up with ideas for their speeches, which Winn then would approve before the speeches were delivered in class. Winn ultimately allowed Bruckner to do the speech related to treatment of gay people during the Holocaust. But the atmosphere still felt unwelcoming to Bruckner.</div><div>
</div><div>“He made it so I didn’t want to go to class ever,” Bruckner said. “It was very uncomfortable.”</div><div>
</div><div>In addition, Bruckner told The Tribune that on the first day of class, Winn told students that men didn’t have to worry about their dress, but women needed to cover up because “they would distract the men in the class.”</div><div>
</div><div>Bruckner said Winn also told the class, “I have to be politically correct in here because of all the liberals.”</div><div>
</div><div>Before Winn ultimately approved Bruckner’s speech on the Holocaust, he sent Bruckner an email, which Bruckner provided to The Tribune, dated Feb. 8, 2015, that read, “Your last two speeches were sexual-orientation related, so your next two need to be about other things. (A violin needs more than one string.) Do choose something else.”</div><div>
</div><div>Bruckner replied to Winn, saying his first speech “was sexual orientation related, however my last speech had nothing to do with sexual orientation other than a comedic remark my interviewee made about her experiences with lesbians.”</div><div>
</div><div>On Feb. 9, 2015, Winn sent an email stating, “Just a quick note, Mick, to reassure you (via email) that your proposed topic is approved.”</div><div>
</div><div>Bruckner has been an active participant and co-coordinator of protests on campus this year organized by the SLO Solidarity movement.</div><div>
</div><div>The group has pushed for widespread changes on campus to create a more tolerant and welcoming atmosphere for minority students. They say microaggressions, including the comments Bruckner attributed to Winn, isolate them and make them feel unwelcome at Cal Poly.</div><div>
</div><div>Winn has a website link titled “Cal Poly’s Quirky Professors” on his Cal Poly biography with a blog article about him, listing his background and accomplishments. The write-up includes mention of 15 occupations during his life, including orthodontist, farmer, railroad worker and ordained pastor, and says he is fluent in five languages.</div><div>
</div><div>The write-up adds that his “main purpose as professor is to encourage self-discovery.”</div><div>
</div><div>“I try to give (students) stimulus to help them figure out who they are,” the website quotes him saying. “Are they going to be good people or are they going to be Democrats?”</div><div>
</div><div>In general, sanctions for violation of a university policy can range from a written reprimand to suspension or dismissal, with additional possible requirements such as relevant training and education.</div><div>
</div><div>Professors have a right to free speech, the protections of which are broad and can’t be limited simply because an audience may find it offensive, Lazier said.</div><div>
</div><div>“However, speech that promotes an unlawful end is excluded from First Amendment protection,” Lazier said. “This might include promoting violence or making threats, harassment, defamation or false advertising.”</div><div></div><div>This blog is open to invited readers only</div><div>
</div><div>http://blog.scsuscholars.com/</div><div>
</div><div>Brainwashing 201: Upper division requirement </div><div>
</div><div>The Chronicle of Higher Education temp link good for five days, permanent link for subscribers) reviews Brainwashing 201, the second short film made by Evan Coyne Maloney about classroom politicking. The first and last few grafs give you the start of the movie quite well</div><div>
</div><div>In a darkened theater, a married couple appears on the screen. "Laura and Roger Freberg seem like normal people," narrates a pleasant male voice. "She's a professor at Cal Poly, and he owns a local business. They've been married since 1972. They live in a beautiful town. And their daughter was recently awarded a Bronze Star for her service in Iraq. But they also have a horrible secret. And for seven years, it made their lives living hell." </div><div>
</div><div>"A lot of bad things happened," Mr. Freberg says. Someone tried to break into their house, a swastika was burned on their lawn, and he says, "some really nasty threats" were made against their children. </div><div>
</div><div>"Were they closet Nazis?" the narrator asks, to footage of two Nazi soldiers forcibly escorting a priest down the street. </div><div>
</div><div>"Did they have people buried in their backyard?" he asks, as viewers see a scene from Night of the Living Dead. </div><div>
</div><div>"No, it was something worse ... much worse," he says, dragging out every word. "They were ... Republicans!" </div><div>
</div><div>...When colleagues found out she was Republican, Ms. Freberg says, she was removed as chairman of her psychology department. (She says that she sued the university and reached a settlement, but according to Robert C. Detweiler, interim provost at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, her charges alleging political and gender discrimination were thrown out.) </div><div>
</div><div>"I'm talking about neurons," Ms. Freberg continues, but students told her they knew all along that she was Republican. When she asked them how they could tell, she says, they told her, It's "because of what you don't say." </div><div>
</div><div>A murmur of sympathy from the audience, but soon the film elicits more laughter. "I'm learning in geography class that gender is socially constructed," one student tells Mr. Maloney. </div><div>
</div><div>"I never knew that carbon chains had anything to do with politics, but they do," says another student. </div><div>
</div><div>But what really makes the crowd howl are the shots of Mr. Maloney randomly asking students to direct him to the men's-studies department and the men's center on various campuses. They look at Mr. Maloney like he's crazy, telling him, sometimes while laughing, that such things don't exist. </div><div>
</div><div>At the University of California at Santa Cruz, when Mr. Maloney asks a female student the purpose of the women's resource center she tells him it "promotes feminism" and tries to get women "involved in politics." At this, the words "Warning: Truth Detected" flash on the screen, as her word "politics" echoes several times.</div><div>
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</div><div>Snitch Studies at Cal Poly: We Snare Because We Care</div><div>
</div><div>May 05, 2009 |  Peter Wood</div><div> </div><div>
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</div><div>                Cal Poly is back. It is reclaiming its place on the frontier of political correctness with a new program aimed at encouraging students to turn in their teachers and fellow students for deviating from officially approved thought patterns.</div><div>                California Polytechnic State University, in San Luis Obispo, may be best known these days for its starring role in Indoctrinate U, Evan Coyne Maloney’s riveting documentary about the suppression of free speech on America’s campuses. </div><div>                In an extended sequence in the film, Maloney seeks an explanation from campus authorities as to why a student, Steven Hinkle, got in serious trouble in November 2002 for posting flyers that announced a talk by C. Mason Weaver, author of It’s OK to Leave the Plantation, who is a black conservative. Hinkle was charged by campus police for posting “offensive racial material” in the Multicultural Center, and he was sent up to Director of Judicial Affairs. Hinkle ended up with a seven-hour hearing, during which he was denied access to legal counsel.   The judicial board found him guilty and demanded he write a public letter of apology. Hinkle instead went to FIRE and the Center for Individual Rights. Eventually Cal Poly, watching its case collapse in court, agreed to settle with Hinkle and paid his $40,000 legal bill. </div><div>                The movie includes Maloney’s attempt to see the president of Cal Poly, which results in an amusing display of bureaucratic power by a pompous little man who intensely dislikes the idea that his actions are being filmed. Catch it if you can.</div><div>                Cal Poly got itself into this trouble by means of an extended and rather relentless campaign of political correctness. It encouraged the idea that students were frail creatures who might suffer untold damage if exposed to ideas or images they deemed “offensive.” And a great many Cal Poly students in Steven Hinkle’s era drank in the concept that they were all potential victims of the “hate speech” that malignant people were just waiting to unleash. </div><div>                So did Cal Poly learn its lesson when it settled with Hinkle?   Not hardly.  According to the student newspaper, The Daily Mustang, Cal Poly is launching a new “outlet for students to report grievances,” called CARE-Net. “It is essentially a forum for students to report discriminatory incidents.” </div><div>                The “CARE” in CARE-Net stands for “Community Advocating REspect.” The University initiative already has its own website, a page for the new identity-group-grievance-snitch system. The student newspaper account quotes special assistant to the vice provost and CARE-Net organizer Patricia Ponce expressing Cal Poly’s interest “in hearing about students’ experiences at Cal Poly,” which she reminds us, “is committed to be an inclusive community.” The webpage goes further. It declares that “Cal Poly is an ardent supporter of free speech.” That ardor, however, will not stand in the way of Cal Poly’s attempt to ensure that all members of the community "live and work free from bias, harassment, abuse, mockery, and discrimination.”</div><div>                CARE-Net encourages students to report, “any speech, act, or harassing incident or action taken by a person or group that is perceived to be malicious or discriminatory toward another person or group based on bias or prejudice relating to such characteristics as race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age or mental or physical disability.”</div><div>                According to the website, the Cal Poly community seems to face a grave risk from unnamed but extremely ill-intentioned forces: “Incidents that are motivated by bias, prejudice, intolerance, and hatred pose a unique danger to society and undermine the fundamental fabric of our campus community.” The website links to other valuable tools, such as the Cal Poly personnel office’s great grid of grievances.</div><div>                CARE-Net will start with a staff of twelve “campus advocates” to vet the reports from the University’s 18,000 or so students. Students will also be able to report online through a system called EthicsPoint, which describes itself as “a leading provider of ethics hotline and case management solutions, [and] a strategic partner with the Association of College and University Auditors (ACUA).” EthicsPoint situates itself as a compliance tool for institutions seeking to keep up with Sarbannes-Oxley regulations, but it also provides “Whistleblower Hotline Solutions” to over 2000 organizations! We might think of EthicsPoint as Big Brother’s little nephew. </div><div>                What more could or should we say about Cal Poly’s new venture? It is, of course, rooted in an alleged bias incident. Last October, some students during Halloween hung a Confederate flag, a noose, and an offensive sign outside the campus residence in which they were living, “Crops House.”   This occasioned much soul-searching and many meetings. Cal Poly administrators apologized (apparently for their inability to overrule the First Amendment) and students protested the apology as insufficient. Cal Poly president, Warren Baker, said the incident was “unacceptable” and that in thirty years as president, nothing had saddened him as much. The upshot was that the flag-displaying, noose-hanging students (they denied putting up the sign) were moved out of Crops House and the University announced its decision to tear down the building.   </div><div>                It isn’t entirely clear what the louts in Crop House thought they were doing, but in any case, the “bias incident” got reported easily enough without the help of EthicsPoint or the dozen new CARE-netters. Cal Poly’s new policy thus doesn’t exactly track the event that the administration cites as evidence for the need—unless we accept the logic that the Cal Poly is rife with ethnic hatred and bias that has just gone unreported for lack of a safe means to turn in the culprits. </div><div>                Cal Poly is, of course, not the first college or university down this path. Last fall, we reported in Williams Chokes Up, on a similar system called Williams Speaks Up at Williams College in Massachusetts.   Williams Speaks Up was, at the time, a bias reporting system with a frustrating dearth of bias reports. Perhaps it is time to check in with Williams again. At the end of the academic year has the bias-reporting business picked up? Or are we in a bias recession? </div><div>                I suppose a larger question is whether systems such as the one Williams created last year and Cal Poly has just instituted make campuses more wholesome? I am skeptical. As I wrote last week in American Character, the Remix: How College is Shaping Us Now, the ethos of American higher education has shifted towards encouraging psychological dependency. A portion of this involves identity politics and the careful nurturance of grievances, and an even larger portion involves fostering a whiney irritability in students—an irritability that is directed towards everything. Life is unfair; people insult me; I’m going to tell. </div><div>                This world of resentful passivity is fed by the university that increasingly tells students that a major part of their education is coming to recognize the grievances they didn’t know they had. To help them come to that awareness, more and more university resources are devoted to the therapeutic side of the university. Cal Poly calls its new system, naturally, CARE-Net. Cal Poly cares enough to help you snare in its net the imaginary tormentors that make your life imperfect. </div><div>                Cal Poly’s motto, incidentally, is “learn by doing.”   Doing, apparently, includes dropping a dime to little nephew at EthicsPoint when your professor says something that crosses your threshold of racial sensitivity or calling the inclusivity police at CARE-Net if someone like Steven Hinkle mentions a lecture on a topic you don’t approve. </div><div>                In his thirty years at Cal Poly, President Baker may have built some educational programs that deserve broad respect. Be that as it may, he also helped to make Cal Poly a place of intellectual repression and cringing acceptance of ideological fashion.   He has favored a style of education that ill prepares students for morally responsible adulthood by training them to think that complaining to a bureaucracy or calling the police will cure their dissatisfactions.  </div><div> </div><div>                People who complain about the reign of political correctness on campus often think mainly of the hardship inflicted on those who disagree or who attempt to dissent, such as Steve Hinkle. But that’s only the most visible cost to political correctness. It also a system of rewards to those who comply with its edicts. And those rewards are far more insidious than the punishments meted out to dissenters. They are tickets to a lifetime of unappeasable grievance.</div><div>
</div><div>UPDATE 5/12/09 - After this article was published and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education sent a letter to Cal Poly, CARE-Net removed all the information from its website, leaving only a promise that "new text will be available soon" and that interested parties can send the program an email for more information. Stay tuned for further developments.</div><div></div><div>
</div><div>President, National Association of Scholars Dr. Peter Wood can be reached at pwood@nas.org.</div><div>
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</div><div>Chasing Eels</div><div>Jun 10, 2016 by Peter Wood | The new book The Closing of the Liberal Mind helps us get a better grasp on the slippery modern academic Left. </div><div> </div><div>Students Are Not Customers</div><div>Jun 10, 2016 by Peter Wood | Peter Wood argues that higher education entails a hierarchical relationship between students who seeks knowledge and others who teach knowledge, as opposed to a consumer relationship.</div><div> </div><div>Time and Beauty: Commencement Address at Veritas Academy</div><div>Jun 02, 2016 by Peter Wood | Last week, NAS president Peter Wood spoke to students of Veritas Preparatory Academy as they move into America's universities. </div><div> </div><div>NAS Welcomes Spencer Kashmanian as Development Associate</div><div>Jun 02, 2016 by Peter Wood | Join us in welcoming Spencer Kashmanian to the NAS team! If you appreciate Edmund Burke, Spencer may interest you with his studies of the Burkean. </div><div> </div><div>The Feds Make a Mess of Sex and Gender</div><div>May 18, 2016 by Peter Wood | NAS president Peter Wood explains how the Office of Civil Rights is creating more problems for universities. </div><div> </div><div>Springfield College’s Reply to NAS Letter</div><div>May 09, 2016 by Peter Wood | NAS presents a new case of bias against a faculty member over his course "Men in Literature."</div><div> </div><div>NAS President Peter Wood’s Letter to Springfield College President Mary-Beth…</div><div>May 09, 2016 by Peter Wood | NAS presents a new case of bias against a faculty member over his course "Men in Literature."</div><div> </div><div>Springfield College Purges Men in Literature</div><div>May 09, 2016 by Peter Wood | NAS presents a new case of bias against a faculty member over his course "Men in Literature."</div><div> </div><div>Virginia Tech Relents and Re-Invites Jason Riley to Speak on Campus</div><div>May 09, 2016 by Peter Wood, Rachelle Peterson | Virginia Tech felt the pressure and re-invited Jason Riley to the podium.</div><div> </div><div>An Open Letter to Virginia Tech’s Dean Sumichrast</div><div>May 04, 2016 by Peter Wood | NAS president Peter Wood calls on Virginia Tech to acknowledge and uphold its invitation to Jason Riley. </div><div> </div><div>You Are Cordially Disinvited</div><div>May 03, 2016 by Peter Wood, Rachelle Peterson | Jason Riley is the most recent conservative speaker to recieve a disinvitation. </div><div> </div><div>How Anthropology Was Corrupted and Killed</div><div>May 03, 2016 by Peter Wood | NAS President Peter Wood writes on how the American Anthropology Association's bandwagon vote to boycott Israeli academic institutions is a step toward toward the death of another academic discipline.</div><div> </div><div>War, What Is It Good For? Sometimes, Absolutely Everything</div><div>Apr 20, 2016 by Peter Wood | Wars have significantly contributed to our identity as a nation.</div><div> </div><div>Mizzou Wipes Out Respect and Excellence</div><div>Apr 18, 2016 by Peter Wood | Enrollments at the University of Missouri are plummeting.</div><div> </div><div>Safe Spaces or Free Speech? Intellectual Freedom and the Modern Campus</div><div>Apr 15, 2016 by Peter Wood | NAS President Peter Wood discusses the tension between safe spaces and free speech, clarifying the importance of intellectual freedom. </div><div></div><div>https://www.cir-usa.org/2003/07/cal-poly-punishes-student-for-disruption/</div><div>
</div><div>CAL POLY PUNISHES STUDENT FOR ‘DISRUPTION’</div><div>July 02, 2003 - by CIR - in News - Comments Offon Cal Poly punishes student for ‘disruption’</div><div>By Lou Marano</div><div>
</div><div>United Press International, July 2, 2003</div><div>
</div><div>At a time when civil libertarians are increasingly concerned about campus restrictions on free expression, California Polytechnic State University has found a white student guilty of “disruption” for trying to post a flier in a public area where a group of black students were eating pizza. The flier advertised a talk by a black conservative.</div><div>
</div><div>On the evening of Nov. 12, undergraduate Steve Hinkle – a member of the Cal Poly College Republicans – walked into the Multicultural Center on the San Luis Obispo campus to post a flier advertising a speech by Mason Weaver. In his book “It’s OK to Leave the Plantation,” Weaver argues that dependence on government puts many African-Americans in circumstances similar to slavery.</div><div>
</div><div>The following account of events is extracted from the notes taken by Hinkle’s faculty adviser, neuropsychologist Laura Freberg, at a formal disciplinary hearing held on Feb. 19. The transcript was obtained by FIRE – the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education – a Philadelphia-based campus watchdog group founded in 1999 by University of Pennsylvania historian Alan Charles Kors and Boston civil rights attorney Harvey A. Silverglate. Hinkle also has an audiotape of the proceedings.</div><div>
</div><div>The case at Cal Poly is part of a larger pattern in which schools have held minority students’ right not to be aggrieved, for whatever subjective reason, over the right of free expression. For example, in April FIRE sued Shippensburg University, in Pennsylvania, because of its speech code, which elevated a “primary right” to be free from “emotional abuse” over a “secondary right” to “express a personal belief system.”</div><div>
</div><div>And in June FIRE helped a student sue Texas Tech University in Lubbock who risked punishment for violating a speech code that bans “communications (that) humiliate any person.”</div><div>
</div><div>Authorities at Cal Poly say it was not the content of Hinkle’s flier, but rather his very presence that was “disruptive.”</div><div>
</div><div>A group of black students were in the area eating pizza before the start of a Bible study session when Hinkle approached the bulletin board. Some of those students recognized the flier and objected to its being posted. One told Hinkle not to put it up because it was “disrespectful.”</div><div>
</div><div>Hinkle asked, “How do you know it’s disrespectful to everyone?” He invited them to attend the talk.</div><div>
</div><div>One student told him to leave or she would call the police. He left without posting the flier. She called the police.</div><div>
</div><div>In a written statement, a copy of which was obtained by United Press International, California State University Police Officer Alan N. Darrow said he and Cpl. C. Montgomery were dispatched to the Multicultural Center “to investigate a report of a suspicious white male passing out literature of an offensive racial nature.” Hinkle was identified later.</div><div>
</div><div>In a letter dated Jan. 29, University Judicial Affairs Director Ardith Tregenza notified Hinkle that a student disciplinary hearing was being initiated against him. He was charged with violating subsection (d) of Section 41301 of Title V of the California Code of Regulations, which prohibits “obstruction or disruption, on or off campus property, of the campus education process, administrative process, or other campus function.”</div><div>
</div><div>The university scheduled a disciplinary hearing and informed Hinkle that he could not bring an attorney.</div><div>
</div><div>Tregenza wrote that Hinkle could waive his right to a hearing and accept two “recommended sanctions” without admitting that he engaged in the conduct charged. One recommended sanction was to write a letter of apology to the offended students, the contents of which would be subject to the approval of the Office of Judicial Affairs. “There is no parameter or guarantee regarding the confidentiality of the letter sent,” Tregenza wrote.</div><div>
</div><div>The second recommended sanction was for Hinkle to meet twice with the university ombudsman “to discuss additional approaches to promote your initiatives and additional campus resources and strategies for accomplishing your goals.”</div><div>
</div><div>Hinkle declined the recommended sanctions and allowed the hearing to take its course.</div><div>
</div><div>Hinkle told UPI that at the Feb. 19 hearing, Vice President for Student Affairs Cornel Morton called attention to Hinkle’s blond hair and blue eyes and the fact that Hinkle was a white male member of the Republican club. Morton said that to students of color, this could represent “a collision of experience.” The chemistry of the situation has racial implications, Morton said, and Hinkle was naïve not to acknowledge this.</div><div>
</div><div>At the hearing Hinkle said the idea that individuals would react to the flier in a certain way because of their color is the very definition of racism. People should not be stereotyped as to their beliefs on the basis of their appearance, he said.</div><div>
</div><div>In a letter dated March 12, W. David Conn, vice provost for academic programs and undergraduate education, informed Hinkle that he had been found guilty as charged. His sanction was the letter of apology mandated under the same terms set forth by Ardith Tregenza in her letter of Jan. 29. Hinkle, who is one quarter away from graduation, has refused to write the letter. Hinkle said Conn warned him verbally that if he does not accept this punishment, he could face much stiffer penalties, up to expulsion.</div><div>
</div><div>UPI called the office of University President Warren J. Baker for comment and was referred to Cornel Morton’s office, which referred the call to spokesperson Leah Kolt. She said the school could not comment on a student disciplinary matter because of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act.</div><div>
</div><div>“This is on my educational records,” Hinkle told UPI. “How is this going to be interpreted when I apply to a graduate school – that I was harassed because of my political beliefs or that I had a problem with students of color?”</div><div>
</div><div>Hinkle is dismayed by the notion that college students should be protected from ideas that offend them.</div><div>
</div><div>“I get offended all the time on campus when teachers bash conservatives. Since when do we have a right not to be offended?”</div><div>
</div><div>In an April 15 letter to University President Warren Baker, Greg Lukianoff – FIRE’s director of legal and public advocacy – wrote: “It would be appropriate for some disciplinary action to have been initiated against students who prevent another student from posting a flier because they dislike … its content. At the least, the censors should have been notified that the suppression of protected speech has no place at a university.”</div><div>
</div><div>In a reply dated May 9, university legal counsel Carlos Cordova rejected the free speech issue. “Mr. Hinkle was charged with engaging in conduct which disrupted a student meeting,” he wrote, “a content neutral rule applicable to all students.”</div><div>
</div><div>Laura Freberg, Hinkle’s faculty adviser, told UPI: “The university knows it could not take action against Steve because of the nature of the flier. The students originally reported to the police that they were offended by the flier. It was clearly a free-speech, 1st Amendment kind of issue, and the university knows it can’t do anything with that.” Therefore, the disruption charge was “trumped up,” she said.</div><div>
</div><div>Freberg sees a political motive. “Our club is somewhat unique among college Republican clubs in terms of its effectiveness,” she said. Its members are credited with tipping several local elections to the GOP. “They work their butts off. They do precinct walking. They host meet-the-candidate barbecues. They have been very, very active in registering students – which is hard to do. …</div><div>
</div><div>“Steve is a great kid, and he was shaken by this. … It’s been a lot of pressure for him.”</div><div>
</div><div>Freberg said normally a 20-year-old student would be intimidated. “He’s going to look at the sanctions that this university can impose. It’s kind of like the guy in front of the tank in Tiananmen Square. If you’re looking at this big machine coming down on you, and you’re 20 years old, you’re going to say: ‘I’m going to write the letter.’</div><div>
</div><div>“It’s actually been a growth experience for Steve. … I think it would take a lot more to intimidate him today than a year ago. We’re very proud of how he’s handled himself.”</div><div>
</div><div>Notwithstanding the statement of Cornel Morton, the vice president of student affairs, that Hinkle should have known that the very presence of a white male Republican, in the larger context of the fliers, could be seen as “a collision of experience” – an element of the “disruption” charge – university counsel Cordova wrote to FIRE: “What political party an employee or student belongs to is of no consideration on any matters before the University, and the University most certainly does not keep information on political affiliation.”</div><div>
</div><div> </div><div>More about this case:</div><div>
</div><div>Hinkle v. Baker</div><div>
</div><div>=</div><div>California school scrambles to settle with CIR</div><div>
</div><div>In another victory for CIR, California Polytechnic State University agreed that it was improper to punish a student soley on the grounds that other students found his speech to be contraversial. The school agreed to clear Steve’s student record, let him post fliers in the future, and pay $40,000 in legal fees.</div><div>
</div><div>Steven Hinkle goes to court to challenge one-sided use of student conduct code</div><div>
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</div><div>Steven Hinkle’s problems began on November 12, 2002, while he was posting fliers around the campus of California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, where he is a student.</div><div>
</div><div>The fliers advertised a lecture the next evening by author Mason Weaver. Weaver was to talk about his book, It’s OK to Leave the Plantation: the New Underground Railroad. In the book, Weaver argues that dependence on government programs puts many African Americans in a situation similar to slavery.</div><div>
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</div><div>The “offensive” flier</div><div>
</div><div>When Hinkle attempted to post the flier on a public bulletin board located in a student lounge area in the Multicultural Center, he was approached by several African-American students who claimed to be holding a bible study meeting nearby. Though the flier listed only Weaver’s name, the title of his book, and the time and place of the lecture, the students told Hinkle the announcement was “offensive.” They asked Hinkle not to post the flier and said they would call the police if he didn’t leave.</div><div>
</div><div>After briefly trying to discuss the students’ comments with them, Hinkle left the lounge without posting the flier. Nonetheless, one of the students called the campus police to complain. The police arrived immediately and reported that they had been “dispatched to the multi-cultural center to investigate a suspicious white male passing out literature of an offensive racial nature.”</div><div>
</div><div>Hinkle is charged with disruption</div><div>
</div><div>Hinkle was summoned to meet with school officials. They told him that the lecture announcement was offensive to the African-American students in the lounge. One administrator suggested that his being white and having blond hair and blue eyes was a “flashpoint.” On January 29, 2003, Hinkle was formally charged with “disruption” of a “campus event” — the purported bible study meeting — in violation of California Code of Regulations, Title 5, Section 41301(d). (In fact, when Hinkle entered the study lounge, there was nothing to indicate that a meeting or bible study was taking place. No meeting notice, Bibles, or praying could be seen, and pizza was being eaten.)</div><div>
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</div><div>Steven Hinkle</div><div>As a result of the charges, Hinkle was subjected to a seven-hour judicial hearing on February 19. Several weeks later, Hinkle received a letter from Vice Provost David Conn conceding that there was “no evidence that you entered the Multicultural Center with intent to disrupt the Bible Study.” Nonetheless, the letter told him his flier had disrupted the meeting and ordered him to write a “formal letter of apology” to the complaining students to be approved by the Office of Judicial Affairs. An accompanying document from Judicial Affairs warned Hinkle that if he did not accept this punishment, he would face much stiffer penalties, up to expulsion. Read an abridged or full version of the 7-hour hearing transcript.</div><div>
</div><div>It’s what Hinkle said, not how he said it</div><div>
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</div><div>“STEVEN HINKLE: “CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR DEFINITION OF DISRUPTION?”JUDICIAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR ARDITH TREGENZA: “I DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT’S RELEVANT TO THIS CASE.”— JUDICIAL HEARING TRANSCRIPT</div><div>
</div><div>Although Hinkle was convicted of “disruption,” Cal Poly officials and the complaining students made it clear that the problem was not any physical interruption of the purported meeting. (In fact, it was the students in the lounge who initiated the exchange with Hinkle and called in the police.) Instead, officials point to the allegedly offensive nature of the lecture announcement and the distraction caused by the students’ reaction to it. For example, the student who called the police, said the flier was “hate speech against us.” And Cal Poly’s Director of Judicial Affairs questioned how Hinkle “could have a poster like that and walk into a room full of African-American students and not think that there might be people who would find that offensive.” Read UPI’s account of the facts of this case.</div><div>
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</div><div>“THIS EPISODE PROVIDES A WINDOW INTO THE POLITICALLY CORRECT CENSORSHIP THAT POLLUTES SO MANY OF OUR NATION’S CAMPUSES.”— STUART TAYLOR, NATIONAL JOURNAL</div><div>
</div><div>Hinkle was punished for the content of his expression — which is constitutionally protected — rather than for disruptive conduct. It was clear that the charge of disruption is simply a pretext for punishing Hinkle for his point of view. Posting a flier on a public bulletin board announcing a talk on a topic of public importance is at the heart of the First Amendment. The school cannot punish Hinkle simply because students find the topic controversial. More generally, the Hinkle episode provides a window into the politically correct censorship that pollutes so many of our nation’s campuses, Stuart Taylor in his column in the July 14, 2003 issue of National Journal.</div><div>
</div><div>CIR defends Hinkle’s First Amendment rights</div><div>
</div><div>Hinkle cited his First Amendment right to free speech throughout the disciplinary proceedings and refused to apologize. “Censorship runs in direct opposition to the very purpose of academic institutions like Cal Poly. That’s why this is so shocking,” Hinkle told the FOX News Channel’s Hannity & Colmes.</div><div>
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</div><div>Hinkle first sought help in defending his rights from the Philadelphia-based Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), which sent two letters to Cal Poly President Warren Baker reminding him that Hinkle’s posting of the flier was protected by the First Amendment. Nonetheless, the conviction remained in Hinkle’s permanent school record and the threat of future censorship and punishment hung over his head. Realizing that legal action was necessary, FIRE referred the case to CIR and co-counsel Carol Sobel, a private practitioner and former ACLU attorney in Santa Monica, California.</div><div>
</div><div>On September 25, 2003, CIR and Sobel filed a lawsuit on Hinkle’s behalf in federal district court in Los Angeles. The attorneys also requested a temporary restraining order for immediate protection of Hinkle’s First Amendment rights. Named as defendants in the lawsuit, were Cal Poly officials, including President Warren Baker. Read USA Today’s account of the filing of the lawsuit.</div><div>
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</div><div>“[DEFENDANTS’] DEFINITION OF DISRUPTION REACHES A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED SPEECH AND IS CONTENT-BASED, UNCONSTITUTIONALLY VAGUE AND OVERBROAD.”— COMPLAINT FILED SEPTEMBER 25, 2003</div><div>
</div><div>The complaint asked the court to declare that the University’s ban on “disruption” was unconstitutionally vague and overbroad. Hinkle also sought an injunction prohibiting Cal Poly from disciplining him for the flier incident and from banning or punishing “disruptive” speech or expression in the future. The requested injunction ordered the University to expunge the allegations and conviction from Hinkle’s school records. In addition, Hinkle sought compensatory and punitive damages. Read the complaint and the memorandum supporting a temporary restraining order.</div><div>
</div><div>What’s at stake</div><div>
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</div><div>Cal Poly President Warren Baker</div><div>
</div><div>CIR’s free speech victories in the federal courts have made it harder for school officials to censure students and professors merely because someone finds their viewpoint offensive. The Hinkle case was important in establishing the principle that such disruption must be based on an objective and reasonable standard. Absent that principle, school officials and hypersensitive identity groups could veto the constitutionally protected speech of others, See CIR’s press release for additional comments.</div><div>
</div><div> </div><div>Case Status: Status: Victory. University settled on terms favorable to student.</div><div></div><div>cir ref's above</div><div>NEWS RELEASE </div><div>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE </div><div>CONTACT: TERRY PELL 202-833-8400, EXT. 113 </div><div>E-MAIL: <pell cir-usa.org="CIR-USA.ORG"> </pell></div><div>SEPTEMBER 25, 2003</div><div>LAWSUIT CHALLENGES USE OF STUDENT CONDUCT CODE TO PUNISH SPEECH</div><div>September 25, 2003 - by CIR - in Press Releases - Comments Offon Lawsuit challenges use of student conduct code to punish speech</div><div>Washington, D.C. — A California Polytechnic student disciplined for posting a flier promoting a campus speech will ask a federal court on Thursday (June 25) to protect his and his fellow students’ constitutional right to free speech. The student, Steven Hinkle, was found guilty of “disruption” by the University after students called campus police to complain that the flier was “offensive.” The flier contained only the time and place of the lecture, a photo of the speaker — black conservative Mason Weaver — and the title of Weaver’s book. In the book, “It’s OK to Leave the Plantation,” Weaver argues that dependence on government puts many African-Americans in a situation similar to slavery.</div><div>
</div><div>The lawsuit will be filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, naming the school’s officials, including Cal Poly President Warren Baker, as defendants. In addition to filing a complaint, Hinkle will request a temporary restraining order for immediate protection of his First Amendment rights. Hinkle is represented by the Center for Individual Rights (CIR) in Washington, D.C. and by Carol Sobel, a private practitioner and former ACLU attorney in Santa Monica, CA. The matter initially was investigated by the Foundation for Equal Rights in Education (FIRE), a Philadelphia-based civil liberties organization devoted to freedom of speech on college campuses.</div><div>
</div><div>The case, Hinkle v. Baker, arose when, on November 12, 2002, Steven Hinkle, a Caucasian student, attempted to post a flier on a public bulletin board in a student lounge at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. A group of African-American students who later said they were holding a bible study meeting told Hinkle the poster was offensive and disrespectful and that he could not post it. Hinkle responded by asking, “How do you know it’s offensive? Can’t we talk about it?”</div><div>
</div><div>After one of the students said the police would be called if he didn’t leave, Hinkle departed without posting the flier. In January 2003, Cal Poly charged Hinkle with “disruption” of a “campus event” — the bible study — under California Code of Regulations, Title 5, Section 41301(d). Hinkle was subjected to a seven-hour judicial hearing and found guilty. Hinkle was then ordered to write letters of apology to the offended students (the wording of which was subject to prior approval by campus officials), and was told he risked penalties up to expulsion if he refused.</div><div>
</div><div>CIR President Terence Pell noted that the complaining students — as well as the Cal Poly administrator who prosecuted Hinkle — never claimed that he physically interrupted the purported bible study meeting. Instead, they pointed to the allegedly offensive nature of the flier and the distraction caused by the students’ emotional reaction to it. For example, the black student who called the police objected to the flier being “hate speech against us.” Pell said, “it is clear that the charge of disruption is simply a pretext for punishing Hinkle for his point of view. Hinkle was well within his rights to refuse to apologize.”</div><div>
</div><div>“Posting a flier on a public bulletin board announcing a talk on a topic of public importance is at the heart of the First Amendment,” said Pell. “The school cannot punish Hinkle simply because students find the topic controversial.”</div><div>
</div><div>Pell continued, “Diversity can’t mean one rule of conduct for one race and another rule for other races. True diversity means the same rule for all students, regardless of race. Higher education officials say racial preferences are necessary to promote diversity. Now they’re trying to punish students for engaging in exactly the sort of back-and-forth that racial diversity is supposed to promote.”</div><div>
</div><div>The case first surfaced last spring, when Steve Hinkle contacted FIRE, which began a campaign to publicly expose the violation of Hinkle’s constitutional right to free speech. When Cal Poly officials refused to comply with the First Amendment, FIRE referred the case to CIR and local counsel for litigation. FIRE Chief Executive Officer Thor Halvorssen noted that university officials routinely resort to speech and conduct codes to silence dissenting views. “Allowing some individuals to veto the protected expression of others is an unconscionable betrayal of Cal Poly’s moral and legal obligations,” said Halvorssen.</div><div>
</div><div>In the lawsuit to be filed on Thursday, Hinkle will ask the court to declare that Cal Poly’s ban on “disruption” is unconstitutionally vague and overbroad. In addition, he will seek an injunction prohibiting the University both from disciplining him for the flier incident and from banning or punishing similar speech or expression in the future. The requested injunction would order the University to expunge the allegations and conviction from Hinkle’s school records. Hinkle also seeks compensatory and punitive damages.</div><div>###</div><div>
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</div><div>College Republicans President and psychology senior Nate Honeycutt said California Executive Order 1068, which requires CSU-affiliated clubs to accept all interested students, will force organizations to compromise their core values.</div><div>
</div><div>“The crux of the open membership requirement is that all leadership and membership positions in every club have to be open to any students,” Honeycutt said. “In my opinion, that really defeats the purpose of a club.”</div><div>
</div><div>Executive Order 1068, issued by former CSU Chancellor Charles Reed in 2011, says that “No campus shall recognize any fraternity, sorority, living group, honor society, or other student organization unless its membership and leadership are open to all currently enrolled students at that campus, except that a social fraternity or sorority or other university living group may impose a gender limitation.”</div><div>
</div><div>While the executive order is enforced across the CSU system, Honeycutt hopes to start the movement against it at Cal Poly and attract attention from clubs at other schools around the state.</div><div>
</div><div>Vice President of Student Affairs Keith Humphrey clarified Cal Poly does not have the authority to override a CSU policy, but applauded the initiative displayed by the College Republicans.</div><div>
</div><div>“We will continue to support our students in the exploration of their free-speech and advocacy options in this matter, as it is our role in Student Affairs to support students in these situations,” Humphrey wrote in an email.</div><div>
</div><div>Humphrey added open membership does not apply to groups separated by gender, including fraternities, sororities and club sports teams.</div><div>
</div><div>Honeycutt submitted a memorandum to Humphrey, Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) President Jason Colombini, Dean of Students Jean DeCosta, Club Sports Administrator Everette Brooks and ASI Program Coordinator Michelle Crawford, detailing his club’s opposition to the executive order.</div><div>
</div><div>Humphrey said he had been Cc’d on the memo, but any formal discussion would take place between ASI and the College Republicans.</div><div>
</div><div>“The current petition being circulated by the College Republicans at Cal Poly will be treated fairly and welcomed as all other student expressions of free speech,” he said.</div><div>
</div><div>If non-conservative students are allowed to join the College Republicans, the club’s central purpose will be nullified, Honeycutt said.</div><div>
</div><div>“We would welcome any student to come to our meetings and hear what we’re about,” he said. “But with an open membership requirement, we aren’t able to protect our club and the mission and values we embody.”</div><div>
</div><div>About 10 years ago, a group of students opposed to the College Republicans’ viewpoints joined the club and created a liberal voting bloc, which negated the conservative values of other members, Honeycutt said.</div><div>
</div><div>Today, all students are welcome at College Republicans’ meetings, but they must first be registered Republicans to gain membership.</div><div>
</div><div>Club officers can also vote on whether students who are not politically affiliated show enough conservative values to be voted in as members.</div><div>
</div><div>The College Republicans fear being dominated by Democrats trying to disrupt the club’s plans if it is forced to admit all members, Honeycutt said.</div><div>
</div><div>“An open membership requirement makes it so that other people can spy on, take over or dilute the messages of rival groups,” he said. “We don’t want to keep people out. We just want to restrict membership so we can protect the purpose of our group.”</div><div>
</div><div>While Humphrey said he had heard of some clubs’ ideological opposition to the executive order, no groups had reported operational or managerial problems since its implementation.</div><div>
</div><div>Under Executive Order 1068, honor societies are also not allowed to deny admission to students with unsatisfactory grades, though Humphrey said he has not heard complaints on the matter.</div><div>
</div><div>Christian fraternity Alpha Gamma Omega and sorority Alpha Delta Chi are not recognized by Cal Poly because of Title 5, which prohibits any state-supported organization from discriminating based on religion.</div><div>
</div><div>=</div><div>Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch, a program of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, and the author of nine books on Islam and jihad, including the New York Times bestsellers The Truth About Muhammad and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades). Spencer is a weekly columnist for Human Events and FrontPage Magazine, and has led seminars on Islam and jihad for the United States Central Command, United States Army Command and General Staff College, the U.S. Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group, the FBI, the Joint Terrorism Task Force, and the U.S. intelligence community.</div><div>
</div><div>Spencer has also written eleven monographs and well over three hundred articles about jihad and Islamic terrorism. Along with the bestsellers The Truth About Muhammad (Regnery) and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) (Regnery), he is the author of Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions About the World's Fastest Growing Faith (Encounter); Onward Muslim Soldiers: How Jihad Still Threatens America and the West (Regnery); Religion of Peace? Why Christianity Is and Islam Isn't (Regnery), a refutation of moral equivalence and call for all the beneficiaries and heirs of Judeo-Christian Western civilization, whatever their own religious or philosophical perspective may be, to defend it from the global jihad; and Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam is Subverting America without Guns or Bombs (Regnery), an expose of how jihadist groups are advancing their agenda in the U.S. today by means other than terrorist attacks.. He is coauthor, with Daniel Ali, of Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics (Ascension), and editor of the essay collection The Myth of Islamic Tolerance: How Islamic Law Treats Non-Muslims (Prometheus). His latest book is The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran (Regnery). Spencer's books have been translated into many languages, including Spanish, Italian, Finnish, and Bahasa Indonesia.</div><div>
</div><div>Along with his weekly columns, Spencer has completed a weekly Qur'an commentary at Jihad Watch, Blogging the Qur'an, which has been translated into Czech, Danish, German and Italian. He is an Associate Fellow of the American Freedom Alliance and a contributing writer to Steven Emerson's Investigative Project on Terrorism. His articles on Islam and other topics have appeared in the New York Post, the Washington Times, the Dallas Morning News, Canada's National Post, Middle East Quarterly, WorldNet Daily, First Things, Insight in the News, National Review Online, and many other journals.</div><div>
</div><div>In addition to the seminars on Islam and jihad that Spencer has led for the United States Central Command, United States Army Command and General Staff College, a Department of Homeland Security task force, the FBI, branches of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, and the U.S. intelligence community, he has discussed jihad, Islam, and terrorism at a workshop sponsored by the U.S. State Department and the German Foreign Ministry. He has also appeared on the BBC, CNN, FoxNews, PBS, MSNBC, CNBC, C-Span, France24 and Croatia National Televison (HTV), as well as on numerous radio programs including Bill O'Reilly's Radio Factor, The Laura Ingraham Show, Bill Bennett's Morning in America, Michael Savage's Savage Nation, The Sean Hannity Show, The Alan Colmes Show, The G. Gordon Liddy Show, The Neal Boortz Show, The Michael Medved Show, The Michael Reagan Show, The Rusty Humphries Show, The Larry Elder Show, The Barbara Simpson Show, Vatican Radio, and many others.</div><div>=</div><div>As "Fox News' brightest, funniest young Conservative mind," Steven Crowder is a mainstay in the worlds of television, comedy and writing.  Before being brought in as one of Fox News' youngest contributors ever, Steven began his career in entertainment with acting and stand up comedy.</div><div>
</div><div>Beginning as a mere teenager, Steven performed in the major festivals and winning national talent competitions (including one on Myspace, remember that site?) all before he was old enough to legally consume a beer. Unsatisfied, Steven decided to take his brand of take-no-prisoners, politically incorrect, comedy-club-favorite humor… to the Internet. Quickly racking up tens of millions of views, Crowder was seen as somewhat of a conundrum. His irreverent, hilarious yet distinctly conservative videos surprisingly went viral, resulting in him being thrust into the national spotlight of cable news and radio. You name the show, Crowder's done it.</div><div>
</div><div>While still active in both television/film and comedy, Crowder is now most famously known as a conservative lightening rod. As an entertainer, activist and commentator, Crowder's trademark has become that of bravely entering the belly of the liberalism beast… without backing down. Be it television, the stage or the Internet, wherever Crowder goes, he continues to leave enlightenment, entertainment and controversy in his wake. Enjoy.</div><div>
</div><div>Bio courtesy of: YAF</div><div>
</div><div>Read about Crowder's visit to Cal Poly in the Mustang Daily featured in the paper on May 8, 2013: http://mustangdaily.net/political-comedian-brings-american-idiot-to-spotlight/</div><div>=</div><div>2011</div><div>
</div><div> (11/7): Reagan Documentary Screening "Still Point in a Turning World",         and presentation by special guest: co-writer Dan Fleuette</div><div>          Young America's Foundation presents a film by award-winning director Stephen K. Bannon: Still Point In A Turning World, the definitive examination of Ronald Reagan's beloved ranch and its personification of his philosophy and values. (see video preview at the bottom of the page)</div><div>        Time:        7:30 pm - 8:30 pm</div><div>        Location: Building 53, Room 215 (click for link to map)</div><div>        Click for Parking Information</div><div>Tuesday (11/8): Mason Weaver (empowering speaker returns to Cal Poly)</div><div>        Time:         7:00 pm</div><div>        Location:  Business Silo: Bld. 3, Room 213 (click for link to map)</div><div>        Click for Parking information</div><div>        Click for Mason's biography</div><div>        Click here for more information and publicity from the event with Mason Weaver</div><div>Event sponsored by the Cal Poly College Republicans (us) with generous support from ASI</div><div></div><div>l and l why a gun is girl's best friend</div><div>Katie Pavlich is the news editor for Townhall.com and a contributing editor to Townhall Magazine. She is the author of the New York Times Best Seller Fast and Furious: Barack Obama's Bloodiest Scandal and Its Shameless Cover-Up and recently became a Fox News contributor. </div><div>
</div><div>As a reporter, she has covered topics ranging from White House scandals and the 2012 presidential election to the Second Amendment and border issues. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona with a degree in Journalism and is a current National Review Washington Fellow.</div><div>
</div><div>Katie has shared her perspective on multiple media venues including, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC and Fox Business, in addition to a host of national and local radio shows. </div><div>
</div><div>Biography courtesy of: YAF</div><div>See Katie mention Cal Poly on Hannity</div><div>
</div><div>Read the Mustang Daily's article on Katie's visit to Cal Poly published in the paper on February 10, 2013: http://mustangdaily.net/republican-speaker/</div><div></div><div>May 23, 2012</div><div>Joseph Phillips is an accomplished author and a riveting speaker covering a broad range of topics -- American idealism, family values, and character and cultural issues. The venues have also covered a wide gamut: Mr. Phillips has hosted benefits, taught workshops and given keynote addresses at conservative-based functions, community groups, colleges and high schools throughout the country. Mr. Phillips' passionate thoughts on family, faith, and freedom leaves audiences both moved and enthralled.</div><div>
</div><div>Few other speakers can claim to have starred on the number one rated television program of the 1980's--The Cosby Show--and worked as a surrogate for the President of the United States of America; starred on the number on rated daytime drama and syndicated a popular weekly column and authored a best-selling book, He Talk Like a White Boy. He has also performed on Broadway, off-Broadway and in regional theatre stages and been an Abraham Lincoln fellow for the Claremont Institute. Phillips is a true Renaissance man with something to say, and a unique way of saying it.</div><div>
</div><div>His feature films include starring rolls in "Strictly Business," "Let's Talk About Sex" and "Midnight Blue." Besides his starring role on "The Cosby Show," he was a three time NAACP Image Award Nominee for his portrayal of Attorney Justus Ward on the daytime drama General Hospital. For two seasons he appeared as Mayor Morgan Douglas on the CBS series "The District," recurred as Marcus Johnson on the hit CBS series "Without A Trace" and currently appears as JT Morse on the Fox Series "Vanished." He has had guest starring roles on "Las Vegas," "Jack and Bobby,""The King of Queens," "Judging Amy," "Family Law," "Martin," "The Larry Sanders Show," "City of Angles," "Any Day Now," and "The Parkers," among others.</div><div>
</div><div>As a writer, Mr. Phillips has had essays published in Newsweek, Los Angeles Daily News, Essence Magazine, USA Today and many others. His weekly column, "The Way I see It" appears in numerous publications across the country. </div><div>
</div><div>His greatest passion is Nicole, his wife of 12 years, and their three children, Connor, Ellis and Samuel.</div><div>(Bio courtesy of www.YAF.org)</div><div></div><div> (11/4): JOE COHN from FIRE: "First Amendment issues on campus"</div><div>          Hear about shocking cases of censorship at America's colleges and universities that have taught students the wrong lessons about living in a free society, and what we are to do about it.</div><div>UPDATE: Joe will be specifically addressing the Open Membership Topic that has exploded into the campus spotlight this week.</div><div>        Time:        7:30 pm </div><div>        Location: Building 180, Room 101 (see bottom of page for map)</div><div>Event sponsored by the Cal Poly COllege Republicans (us) and co-sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts.</div><div>Thursday (11/7): BEN SHAPIRO: "Bullies"</div><div>         Nationally recognized author and political commentator Ben Shapiro will be discussing how to stand up to the left's culture of fear and intimidation.</div><div>     Time:         6:10 pm</div><div>     Location:  Building 180, Room 114 (see bottom of page for map)</div><div>Event sponsored by the Cal Poly College Republicans (us) and co-sponsored by ASI</div><div>Monday - Wednesday (11/4 - 11/6): Free Speech Wall</div><div>        Time:        All day Monday - Wednesday. Exercise your free speech and write something on the wall. We will be symbolically tearing down the "Berlin Wall" Wednesday evening around 4:00 PM</div><div></div><div>ptatt goa</div><div>
</div><div>http://www.gunowners.org/op0353.htm</div><div>10/03</div><div>
</div><div>It's OK To Leave The Plantation!</div><div>
</div><div>by</div><div>Larry Pratt</div><div>
</div><div>Mason Weaver was a sixties radical who got a degree in Black Studies at Merritt College in Oakland, CA and learned Swahili.</div><div>
</div><div>Today, Weaver is a conservative, and students can get in a whole bunch of trouble just for posting a flyer announcing his appearance on campus.</div><div>
</div><div>Just ask Steve Hinkle, a member of the California Polytechnic State University College Republicans. Hinkle tried to post a flier promoting Mason Weaver's speech about the topic of his book, It's OK To Leave The Plantation. Some black students who were having a Bible study in the multicultural center (savor the irony, please) confronted Hinkle when he attempted to post his flyer.</div><div>
</div><div>The students at the Bible study called the police because they were offended. (These students need to do a study of 1 Corinthians 13, especially verse five that says in part: "[love] does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered.")</div><div>
</div><div>Well, since the folks in the Bible study apparently have not gotten that far in their reading, they pressed charges before the university's Office of Judicial Affairs. Hinkle was subsequently found guilty of disruption of the campus education process. Hinkle has refused to write a letter of apology following his conviction and has been threatened with not receiving his diploma.</div><div>
</div><div>It seems that he has not understood what was obvious to the Vice President of Student Affairs who said the presence of a white Republican near black students made for a "collision of experience" that Mr. Hinkle was "naive" not to realize.</div><div>
</div><div>What a tribute to higher education! Students in a multicultural center, studying the Bible, are steadfast in refusing to accommodate another view they do not understand.</div><div>
</div><div>What is it they did not understand? As Mason Weaver explained to me during my interview of him on my radio show Live Fire, the plaintiffs did not understand that they were "on the plantation." They have been brainwashed by the government schools and the welfare system into defending the status quo of dependency; a dependency orchestrated by black shakedown artists such as Jesse Jackson.[alford literally is?was?]</div><div>
</div><div>Weaver explained that the family was often broken up under slavery. The welfare state has been even more destructive of the family. But rather than dependency on the slave master in the South, the families headed by single moms are dependent on Washington.[moynohan rept?]</div><div>
</div><div>No one is responsible on the dependency plantation. Every bad thing that happens is somebody else's fault. "We have drive-by shootings and look to the white gun manufacturers and not at the black trigger men," says Weaver. "We cannot control the white manufacturers or the [drug] smugglers, but we can control our children. The civil rights movement was about who would control our children. But just like the children of Israel that escaped Egypt, some longed to return to Pharaoh."</div><div>
</div><div>Weaver explains that it is this inculcated mentality of dependence that has so strongly inclined the black community to support gun control. To be a gun owner and expect to have to defend oneself is to make a significant departure from the plantation. Freedom requires us to understand that calling 911 should be done only after the assailant has been shot, apprehended or chased off -- when the danger to the victim is over.[trayvon?]</div><div>
</div><div>Weaver's book is available at http://www.masonweaver.com and my interview with him can be heard athttp://www.gunowners.radio/htm.</div><div>
</div><div>
</div><div></div><div>The Tribune | SanLuisObispo.com</div><div>
</div><div>EDUCATION</div><div> MAY 26, 2016 5:58 PM</div><div>
</div><div>Cal Poly student files complaint over alleged homophobic remarks by instructor</div><div>
</div><div>Student Mick Bruckner says instructor Michael Winn made “homophobic” remarks while he was in his class last school year</div><div>
</div><div>Bruckner, who describes himself as queer, said Winn called gay marriage a “grave moral mistake”</div><div>
</div><div>Bruckner has opened a Title IX discrimination case against Winn and claims Cal Poly mishandled his original complaint</div><div>
</div><div> Michael Winn, a Cal Poly teacher of more than two decades, is being investigated for alleged homophobic and insensitive comments that he made to a student last year. Mick Bruckner, a Cal Poly political science major, has filed a Title IX complaint against Cal Poly lecturer Michael Winn, citing alleged homophobic remarks.</div><div>
</div><div>After a Cal Poly teacher allegedly told him last year that gay marriage is a “grave moral mistake” and that gay people suffer in the afterlife, a university student who identifies as queer has filed a Title IX discrimination complaint, claiming the university didn’t handle his initial grievance properly.</div><div>
</div><div>Student Mckinley “Mick” Bruckner alleged that communication studies teacher Michael Winn told him during a one-on-one meeting in his office that the persecution of gays and lesbians during the Holocaust was controversial and voiced skeptism that homosexuals were targets of the Holocaust.</div><div>
</div><div>Winn added that he’d “have a hard time finding a wide range of sources” on the subject for a class speech Bruckner planned to give, according to the student, who was a freshman at the time.</div><div>
</div><div>Bruckner also said Winn told him gay marriage is a “grave moral mistake” and gay people will suffer in the afterlife; that his speech on gays and lesbians would be biased because he is gay; and that Winn told him “he has never heard a gay man give a ‘good’ Christian viewpoint on homosexuality.”</div><div>
</div><div>The university has retained the state Attorney General’s Office to investigate the charges under federal Title IX anti-discrimination policy, but declined to comment on the specifics of the case, citing personnel privacy laws.</div><div>
</div><div>Winn declined to comment for this story, saying, “I will not respond prematurely but let the university process take its rightful course.”</div><div>
</div><div>The speech assignment was part of Winn’s winter 2015 public speaking course. Bruckner said he never told Winn he was gay, but that Winn assumed it.</div><div>
</div><div>HE MADE IT SO I DIDN’T WANT TO GO TO CLASS EVER.</div><div>Mick Bruckner, queer Cal Poly student on teacher Mike Winn’s homophobic comments</div><div>
</div><div>“He said he believed homosexuals were immoral, that they were going to hell, that he was a scholar on homosexuality and went to national conferences and debates to defend the moral high ground,” Bruckner told The Tribune. “He said, ‘I’ve had gay students in my class before, and I’ve never had a problem.’ The things he was saying are totally inappropriate.”</div><div>
</div><div>Winn, a full-time Cal Poly lecturer, is a former president of the Nipomo Community Services District’s Board of Directors. He also applied for the vacant seat on the county Board of Supervisors after the sudden death of former supervisor Paul Teixeira in 2013 that was ultimately filled by Caren Ray. Winn has taught at Cal Poly for more than two decades.</div><div>
</div><div>Winn described himself as a Christian and a social conservative.</div><div>
</div><div>Cal Poly spokesman Matt Lazier said the details have “yet to be proven either true or false, as the investigation into this matter is ongoing.”</div><div>
</div><div>“The university takes all gender and sexual orientation discrimination and harassment complaints very seriously, responds to all such complaints fully, and imposes appropriate sanctions where violations are found to have occurred,” Lazier said.</div><div>
</div><div>The university has 60 working days from the date it received the complaint to complete an investigation and another 10 working days to issue the investigation outcome to Bruckner, which would be Aug. 5, Lazier said.</div><div>
</div><div>Bruckner said he first complained in February 2015 — a day after his meeting in Winn’s office — to administrators in the College of Liberal Arts. Administrators recommended that they deal with the situation informally rather than through the university’s Title IX process, which handles complaints of discrimination following a policy spelled out by the California State University system in compliance with federal law.</div><div>
</div><div>I WILL NOT RESPOND PREMATURELY BUT LET THE UNIVERSITY PROCESS TAKE ITS RIGHTFUL COURSE.</div><div>Mike Winn, Cal Poly Communications Studies lecturer</div><div>
</div><div>Earlier this month, Bruckner decided to file a formal complaint because of his dissatisfaction with the college’s informal process, which included conversations with administrators over the course of several months.</div><div>
</div><div>During that informal process, Bruckner received an email on Feb. 12, 2015, from communications studies chair Bernard Duffy that read, “I spoke with Mr. Winn about the concerns you expressed. He was sincerely sorry to have made you uncomfortable and vowed to correct problems that you identified.”</div><div>
</div><div>Then on Nov. 19, 2015, Penny Bennett, Cal Poly’s associate dean for student success in the College of Liberal Arts, sent Bruckner an email that read: “In case you had not heard, I wanted to let you know that Professor Winn has retired from Cal Poly. I believe this was a good thing for our university and our students and I’m so glad that you brought your concerns to my attention.”</div><div>
</div><div>However, this spring, Bruckner said he ran into Winn walking across campus and learned that he was still teaching at Cal Poly.</div><div>
</div><div>“It was so anxiety-producing because the administrators have put me in such a weird, sticky position,” Bruckner said. “Essentially what happened is the dean’s office told me that the professor was forcibly made to retire. I found out in March that they had lied.”</div><div>
</div><div>Bruckner said that when he took Winn’s class, the instructor assigned students to come up with ideas for their speeches, which Winn then would approve before the speeches were delivered in class. Winn ultimately allowed Bruckner to do the speech related to treatment of gay people during the Holocaust. But the atmosphere still felt unwelcoming to Bruckner.</div><div>
</div><div>“He made it so I didn’t want to go to class ever,” Bruckner said. “It was very uncomfortable.”</div><div>
</div><div>In addition, Bruckner told The Tribune that on the first day of class, Winn told students that men didn’t have to worry about their dress, but women needed to cover up because “they would distract the men in the class.”</div><div>
</div><div>Bruckner said Winn also told the class, “I have to be politically correct in here because of all the liberals.”</div><div>
</div><div>Before Winn ultimately approved Bruckner’s speech on the Holocaust, he sent Bruckner an email, which Bruckner provided to The Tribune, dated Feb. 8, 2015, that read, “Your last two speeches were sexual-orientation related, so your next two need to be about other things. (A violin needs more than one string.) Do choose something else.”</div><div>
</div><div>Bruckner replied to Winn, saying his first speech “was sexual orientation related, however my last speech had nothing to do with sexual orientation other than a comedic remark my interviewee made about her experiences with lesbians.”</div><div>
</div><div>On Feb. 9, 2015, Winn sent an email stating, “Just a quick note, Mick, to reassure you (via email) that your proposed topic is approved.”</div><div>
</div><div>Bruckner has been an active participant and co-coordinator of protests on campus this year organized by the SLO Solidarity movement.</div><div>
</div><div>The group has pushed for widespread changes on campus to create a more tolerant and welcoming atmosphere for minority students. They say microaggressions, including the comments Bruckner attributed to Winn, isolate them and make them feel unwelcome at Cal Poly.</div><div>
</div><div>Winn has a website link titled “Cal Poly’s Quirky Professors” on his Cal Poly biography with a blog article about him, listing his background and accomplishments. The write-up includes mention of 15 occupations during his life, including orthodontist, farmer, railroad worker and ordained pastor, and says he is fluent in five languages.</div><div>
</div><div>The write-up adds that his “main purpose as professor is to encourage self-discovery.”</div><div>
</div><div>“I try to give (students) stimulus to help them figure out who they are,” the website quotes him saying. “Are they going to be good people or are they going to be Democrats?”</div><div>
</div><div>In general, sanctions for violation of a university policy can range from a written reprimand to suspension or dismissal, with additional possible requirements such as relevant training and education.</div><div>
</div><div>Professors have a right to free speech, the protections of which are broad and can’t be limited simply because an audience may find it offensive, Lazier said.</div><div>
</div><div>“However, speech that promotes an unlawful end is excluded from First Amendment protection,” Lazier said. “This might include promoting violence or making threats, harassment, defamation or false advertising.”</div><div></div><div>This blog is open to invited readers only</div><div>
</div><div>http://blog.scsuscholars.com/</div><div>
</div><div>Brainwashing 201: Upper division requirement </div><div>
</div><div>The Chronicle of Higher Education temp link good for five days, permanent link for subscribers) reviews Brainwashing 201, the second short film made by Evan Coyne Maloney about classroom politicking. The first and last few grafs give you the start of the movie quite well</div><div>
</div><div>In a darkened theater, a married couple appears on the screen. "Laura and Roger Freberg seem like normal people," narrates a pleasant male voice. "She's a professor at Cal Poly, and he owns a local business. They've been married since 1972. They live in a beautiful town. And their daughter was recently awarded a Bronze Star for her service in Iraq. But they also have a horrible secret. And for seven years, it made their lives living hell." </div><div>
</div><div>"A lot of bad things happened," Mr. Freberg says. Someone tried to break into their house, a swastika was burned on their lawn, and he says, "some really nasty threats" were made against their children. </div><div>
</div><div>"Were they closet Nazis?" the narrator asks, to footage of two Nazi soldiers forcibly escorting a priest down the street. </div><div>
</div><div>"Did they have people buried in their backyard?" he asks, as viewers see a scene from Night of the Living Dead. </div><div>
</div><div>"No, it was something worse ... much worse," he says, dragging out every word. "They were ... Republicans!" </div><div>
</div><div>...When colleagues found out she was Republican, Ms. Freberg says, she was removed as chairman of her psychology department. (She says that she sued the university and reached a settlement, but according to Robert C. Detweiler, interim provost at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, her charges alleging political and gender discrimination were thrown out.) </div><div>
</div><div>"I'm talking about neurons," Ms. Freberg continues, but students told her they knew all along that she was Republican. When she asked them how they could tell, she says, they told her, It's "because of what you don't say." </div><div>
</div><div>A murmur of sympathy from the audience, but soon the film elicits more laughter. "I'm learning in geography class that gender is socially constructed," one student tells Mr. Maloney. </div><div>
</div><div>"I never knew that carbon chains had anything to do with politics, but they do," says another student. </div><div>
</div><div>But what really makes the crowd howl are the shots of Mr. Maloney randomly asking students to direct him to the men's-studies department and the men's center on various campuses. They look at Mr. Maloney like he's crazy, telling him, sometimes while laughing, that such things don't exist. </div><div>
</div><div>At the University of California at Santa Cruz, when Mr. Maloney asks a female student the purpose of the women's resource center she tells him it "promotes feminism" and tries to get women "involved in politics." At this, the words "Warning: Truth Detected" flash on the screen, as her word "politics" echoes several times.</div><div>
</div><div>=</div><div></div><div>
</div><div>Snitch Studies at Cal Poly: We Snare Because We Care</div><div>
</div><div>May 05, 2009 |  Peter Wood</div><div> </div><div>
</div><div>
</div><div>                Cal Poly is back. It is reclaiming its place on the frontier of political correctness with a new program aimed at encouraging students to turn in their teachers and fellow students for deviating from officially approved thought patterns.</div><div>                California Polytechnic State University, in San Luis Obispo, may be best known these days for its starring role in Indoctrinate U, Evan Coyne Maloney’s riveting documentary about the suppression of free speech on America’s campuses. </div><div>                In an extended sequence in the film, Maloney seeks an explanation from campus authorities as to why a student, Steven Hinkle, got in serious trouble in November 2002 for posting flyers that announced a talk by C. Mason Weaver, author of It’s OK to Leave the Plantation, who is a black conservative. Hinkle was charged by campus police for posting “offensive racial material” in the Multicultural Center, and he was sent up to Director of Judicial Affairs. Hinkle ended up with a seven-hour hearing, during which he was denied access to legal counsel.   The judicial board found him guilty and demanded he write a public letter of apology. Hinkle instead went to FIRE and the Center for Individual Rights. Eventually Cal Poly, watching its case collapse in court, agreed to settle with Hinkle and paid his $40,000 legal bill. </div><div>                The movie includes Maloney’s attempt to see the president of Cal Poly, which results in an amusing display of bureaucratic power by a pompous little man who intensely dislikes the idea that his actions are being filmed. Catch it if you can.</div><div>                Cal Poly got itself into this trouble by means of an extended and rather relentless campaign of political correctness. It encouraged the idea that students were frail creatures who might suffer untold damage if exposed to ideas or images they deemed “offensive.” And a great many Cal Poly students in Steven Hinkle’s era drank in the concept that they were all potential victims of the “hate speech” that malignant people were just waiting to unleash. </div><div>                So did Cal Poly learn its lesson when it settled with Hinkle?   Not hardly.  According to the student newspaper, The Daily Mustang, Cal Poly is launching a new “outlet for students to report grievances,” called CARE-Net. “It is essentially a forum for students to report discriminatory incidents.” </div><div>                The “CARE” in CARE-Net stands for “Community Advocating REspect.” The University initiative already has its own website, a page for the new identity-group-grievance-snitch system. The student newspaper account quotes special assistant to the vice provost and CARE-Net organizer Patricia Ponce expressing Cal Poly’s interest “in hearing about students’ experiences at Cal Poly,” which she reminds us, “is committed to be an inclusive community.” The webpage goes further. It declares that “Cal Poly is an ardent supporter of free speech.” That ardor, however, will not stand in the way of Cal Poly’s attempt to ensure that all members of the community "live and work free from bias, harassment, abuse, mockery, and discrimination.”</div><div>                CARE-Net encourages students to report, “any speech, act, or harassing incident or action taken by a person or group that is perceived to be malicious or discriminatory toward another person or group based on bias or prejudice relating to such characteristics as race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age or mental or physical disability.”</div><div>                According to the website, the Cal Poly community seems to face a grave risk from unnamed but extremely ill-intentioned forces: “Incidents that are motivated by bias, prejudice, intolerance, and hatred pose a unique danger to society and undermine the fundamental fabric of our campus community.” The website links to other valuable tools, such as the Cal Poly personnel office’s great grid of grievances.</div><div>                CARE-Net will start with a staff of twelve “campus advocates” to vet the reports from the University’s 18,000 or so students. Students will also be able to report online through a system called EthicsPoint, which describes itself as “a leading provider of ethics hotline and case management solutions, [and] a strategic partner with the Association of College and University Auditors (ACUA).” EthicsPoint situates itself as a compliance tool for institutions seeking to keep up with Sarbannes-Oxley regulations, but it also provides “Whistleblower Hotline Solutions” to over 2000 organizations! We might think of EthicsPoint as Big Brother’s little nephew. </div><div>                What more could or should we say about Cal Poly’s new venture? It is, of course, rooted in an alleged bias incident. Last October, some students during Halloween hung a Confederate flag, a noose, and an offensive sign outside the campus residence in which they were living, “Crops House.”   This occasioned much soul-searching and many meetings. Cal Poly administrators apologized (apparently for their inability to overrule the First Amendment) and students protested the apology as insufficient. Cal Poly president, Warren Baker, said the incident was “unacceptable” and that in thirty years as president, nothing had saddened him as much. The upshot was that the flag-displaying, noose-hanging students (they denied putting up the sign) were moved out of Crops House and the University announced its decision to tear down the building.   </div><div>                It isn’t entirely clear what the louts in Crop House thought they were doing, but in any case, the “bias incident” got reported easily enough without the help of EthicsPoint or the dozen new CARE-netters. Cal Poly’s new policy thus doesn’t exactly track the event that the administration cites as evidence for the need—unless we accept the logic that the Cal Poly is rife with ethnic hatred and bias that has just gone unreported for lack of a safe means to turn in the culprits. </div><div>                Cal Poly is, of course, not the first college or university down this path. Last fall, we reported in Williams Chokes Up, on a similar system called Williams Speaks Up at Williams College in Massachusetts.   Williams Speaks Up was, at the time, a bias reporting system with a frustrating dearth of bias reports. Perhaps it is time to check in with Williams again. At the end of the academic year has the bias-reporting business picked up? Or are we in a bias recession? </div><div>                I suppose a larger question is whether systems such as the one Williams created last year and Cal Poly has just instituted make campuses more wholesome? I am skeptical. As I wrote last week in American Character, the Remix: How College is Shaping Us Now, the ethos of American higher education has shifted towards encouraging psychological dependency. A portion of this involves identity politics and the careful nurturance of grievances, and an even larger portion involves fostering a whiney irritability in students—an irritability that is directed towards everything. Life is unfair; people insult me; I’m going to tell. </div><div>                This world of resentful passivity is fed by the university that increasingly tells students that a major part of their education is coming to recognize the grievances they didn’t know they had. To help them come to that awareness, more and more university resources are devoted to the therapeutic side of the university. Cal Poly calls its new system, naturally, CARE-Net. Cal Poly cares enough to help you snare in its net the imaginary tormentors that make your life imperfect. </div><div>                Cal Poly’s motto, incidentally, is “learn by doing.”   Doing, apparently, includes dropping a dime to little nephew at EthicsPoint when your professor says something that crosses your threshold of racial sensitivity or calling the inclusivity police at CARE-Net if someone like Steven Hinkle mentions a lecture on a topic you don’t approve. </div><div>                In his thirty years at Cal Poly, President Baker may have built some educational programs that deserve broad respect. Be that as it may, he also helped to make Cal Poly a place of intellectual repression and cringing acceptance of ideological fashion.   He has favored a style of education that ill prepares students for morally responsible adulthood by training them to think that complaining to a bureaucracy or calling the police will cure their dissatisfactions.  </div><div> </div><div>                People who complain about the reign of political correctness on campus often think mainly of the hardship inflicted on those who disagree or who attempt to dissent, such as Steve Hinkle. But that’s only the most visible cost to political correctness. It also a system of rewards to those who comply with its edicts. And those rewards are far more insidious than the punishments meted out to dissenters. They are tickets to a lifetime of unappeasable grievance.</div><div>
</div><div>UPDATE 5/12/09 - After this article was published and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education sent a letter to Cal Poly, CARE-Net removed all the information from its website, leaving only a promise that "new text will be available soon" and that interested parties can send the program an email for more information. Stay tuned for further developments.</div><div></div><div>
</div><div>President, National Association of Scholars Dr. Peter Wood can be reached at pwood@nas.org.</div><div>
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</div><div>CAL POLY PUNISHES STUDENT FOR ‘DISRUPTION’</div><div>July 02, 2003 - by CIR - in News - Comments Offon Cal Poly punishes student for ‘disruption’</div><div>By Lou Marano</div><div>
</div><div>United Press International, July 2, 2003</div><div>
</div><div>At a time when civil libertarians are increasingly concerned about campus restrictions on free expression, California Polytechnic State University has found a white student guilty of “disruption” for trying to post a flier in a public area where a group of black students were eating pizza. The flier advertised a talk by a black conservative.</div><div>
</div><div>On the evening of Nov. 12, undergraduate Steve Hinkle – a member of the Cal Poly College Republicans – walked into the Multicultural Center on the San Luis Obispo campus to post a flier advertising a speech by Mason Weaver. In his book “It’s OK to Leave the Plantation,” Weaver argues that dependence on government puts many African-Americans in circumstances similar to slavery.</div><div>
</div><div>The following account of events is extracted from the notes taken by Hinkle’s faculty adviser, neuropsychologist Laura Freberg, at a formal disciplinary hearing held on Feb. 19. The transcript was obtained by FIRE – the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education – a Philadelphia-based campus watchdog group founded in 1999 by University of Pennsylvania historian Alan Charles Kors and Boston civil rights attorney Harvey A. Silverglate. Hinkle also has an audiotape of the proceedings.</div><div>
</div><div>The case at Cal Poly is part of a larger pattern in which schools have held minority students’ right not to be aggrieved, for whatever subjective reason, over the right of free expression. For example, in April FIRE sued Shippensburg University, in Pennsylvania, because of its speech code, which elevated a “primary right” to be free from “emotional abuse” over a “secondary right” to “express a personal belief system.”</div><div>
</div><div>And in June FIRE helped a student sue Texas Tech University in Lubbock who risked punishment for violating a speech code that bans “communications (that) humiliate any person.”</div><div>
</div><div>Authorities at Cal Poly say it was not the content of Hinkle’s flier, but rather his very presence that was “disruptive.”</div><div>
</div><div>A group of black students were in the area eating pizza before the start of a Bible study session when Hinkle approached the bulletin board. Some of those students recognized the flier and objected to its being posted. One told Hinkle not to put it up because it was “disrespectful.”</div><div>
</div><div>Hinkle asked, “How do you know it’s disrespectful to everyone?” He invited them to attend the talk.</div><div>
</div><div>One student told him to leave or she would call the police. He left without posting the flier. She called the police.</div><div>
</div><div>In a written statement, a copy of which was obtained by United Press International, California State University Police Officer Alan N. Darrow said he and Cpl. C. Montgomery were dispatched to the Multicultural Center “to investigate a report of a suspicious white male passing out literature of an offensive racial nature.” Hinkle was identified later.</div><div>
</div><div>In a letter dated Jan. 29, University Judicial Affairs Director Ardith Tregenza notified Hinkle that a student disciplinary hearing was being initiated against him. He was charged with violating subsection (d) of Section 41301 of Title V of the California Code of Regulations, which prohibits “obstruction or disruption, on or off campus property, of the campus education process, administrative process, or other campus function.”</div><div>
</div><div>The university scheduled a disciplinary hearing and informed Hinkle that he could not bring an attorney.</div><div>
</div><div>Tregenza wrote that Hinkle could waive his right to a hearing and accept two “recommended sanctions” without admitting that he engaged in the conduct charged. One recommended sanction was to write a letter of apology to the offended students, the contents of which would be subject to the approval of the Office of Judicial Affairs. “There is no parameter or guarantee regarding the confidentiality of the letter sent,” Tregenza wrote.</div><div>
</div><div>The second recommended sanction was for Hinkle to meet twice with the university ombudsman “to discuss additional approaches to promote your initiatives and additional campus resources and strategies for accomplishing your goals.”</div><div>
</div><div>Hinkle declined the recommended sanctions and allowed the hearing to take its course.</div><div>
</div><div>Hinkle told UPI that at the Feb. 19 hearing, Vice President for Student Affairs Cornel Morton called attention to Hinkle’s blond hair and blue eyes and the fact that Hinkle was a white male member of the Republican club. Morton said that to students of color, this could represent “a collision of experience.” The chemistry of the situation has racial implications, Morton said, and Hinkle was naïve not to acknowledge this.</div><div>
</div><div>At the hearing Hinkle said the idea that individuals would react to the flier in a certain way because of their color is the very definition of racism. People should not be stereotyped as to their beliefs on the basis of their appearance, he said.</div><div>
</div><div>In a letter dated March 12, W. David Conn, vice provost for academic programs and undergraduate education, informed Hinkle that he had been found guilty as charged. His sanction was the letter of apology mandated under the same terms set forth by Ardith Tregenza in her letter of Jan. 29. Hinkle, who is one quarter away from graduation, has refused to write the letter. Hinkle said Conn warned him verbally that if he does not accept this punishment, he could face much stiffer penalties, up to expulsion.</div><div>
</div><div>UPI called the office of University President Warren J. Baker for comment and was referred to Cornel Morton’s office, which referred the call to spokesperson Leah Kolt. She said the school could not comment on a student disciplinary matter because of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act.</div><div>
</div><div>“This is on my educational records,” Hinkle told UPI. “How is this going to be interpreted when I apply to a graduate school – that I was harassed because of my political beliefs or that I had a problem with students of color?”</div><div>
</div><div>Hinkle is dismayed by the notion that college students should be protected from ideas that offend them.</div><div>
</div><div>“I get offended all the time on campus when teachers bash conservatives. Since when do we have a right not to be offended?”</div><div>
</div><div>In an April 15 letter to University President Warren Baker, Greg Lukianoff – FIRE’s director of legal and public advocacy – wrote: “It would be appropriate for some disciplinary action to have been initiated against students who prevent another student from posting a flier because they dislike … its content. At the least, the censors should have been notified that the suppression of protected speech has no place at a university.”</div><div>
</div><div>In a reply dated May 9, university legal counsel Carlos Cordova rejected the free speech issue. “Mr. Hinkle was charged with engaging in conduct which disrupted a student meeting,” he wrote, “a content neutral rule applicable to all students.”</div><div>
</div><div>Laura Freberg, Hinkle’s faculty adviser, told UPI: “The university knows it could not take action against Steve because of the nature of the flier. The students originally reported to the police that they were offended by the flier. It was clearly a free-speech, 1st Amendment kind of issue, and the university knows it can’t do anything with that.” Therefore, the disruption charge was “trumped up,” she said.</div><div>
</div><div>Freberg sees a political motive. “Our club is somewhat unique among college Republican clubs in terms of its effectiveness,” she said. Its members are credited with tipping several local elections to the GOP. “They work their butts off. They do precinct walking. They host meet-the-candidate barbecues. They have been very, very active in registering students – which is hard to do. …</div><div>
</div><div>“Steve is a great kid, and he was shaken by this. … It’s been a lot of pressure for him.”</div><div>
</div><div>Freberg said normally a 20-year-old student would be intimidated. “He’s going to look at the sanctions that this university can impose. It’s kind of like the guy in front of the tank in Tiananmen Square. If you’re looking at this big machine coming down on you, and you’re 20 years old, you’re going to say: ‘I’m going to write the letter.’</div><div>
</div><div>“It’s actually been a growth experience for Steve. … I think it would take a lot more to intimidate him today than a year ago. We’re very proud of how he’s handled himself.”</div><div>
</div><div>Notwithstanding the statement of Cornel Morton, the vice president of student affairs, that Hinkle should have known that the very presence of a white male Republican, in the larger context of the fliers, could be seen as “a collision of experience” – an element of the “disruption” charge – university counsel Cordova wrote to FIRE: “What political party an employee or student belongs to is of no consideration on any matters before the University, and the University most certainly does not keep information on political affiliation.”</div><div>
</div><div> </div><div>More about this case:</div><div>
</div><div>Hinkle v. Baker</div><div>
</div><div>=</div><div>California school scrambles to settle with CIR</div><div>
</div><div>In another victory for CIR, California Polytechnic State University agreed that it was improper to punish a student soley on the grounds that other students found his speech to be contraversial. The school agreed to clear Steve’s student record, let him post fliers in the future, and pay $40,000 in legal fees.</div><div>
</div><div>Steven Hinkle goes to court to challenge one-sided use of student conduct code</div><div>
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</div><div>Steven Hinkle’s problems began on November 12, 2002, while he was posting fliers around the campus of California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, where he is a student.</div><div>
</div><div>The fliers advertised a lecture the next evening by author Mason Weaver. Weaver was to talk about his book, It’s OK to Leave the Plantation: the New Underground Railroad. In the book, Weaver argues that dependence on government programs puts many African Americans in a situation similar to slavery.</div><div>
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</div><div>The “offensive” flier</div><div>
</div><div>When Hinkle attempted to post the flier on a public bulletin board located in a student lounge area in the Multicultural Center, he was approached by several African-American students who claimed to be holding a bible study meeting nearby. Though the flier listed only Weaver’s name, the title of his book, and the time and place of the lecture, the students told Hinkle the announcement was “offensive.” They asked Hinkle not to post the flier and said they would call the police if he didn’t leave.</div><div>
</div><div>After briefly trying to discuss the students’ comments with them, Hinkle left the lounge without posting the flier. Nonetheless, one of the students called the campus police to complain. The police arrived immediately and reported that they had been “dispatched to the multi-cultural center to investigate a suspicious white male passing out literature of an offensive racial nature.”</div><div>
</div><div>Hinkle is charged with disruption</div><div>
</div><div>Hinkle was summoned to meet with school officials. They told him that the lecture announcement was offensive to the African-American students in the lounge. One administrator suggested that his being white and having blond hair and blue eyes was a “flashpoint.” On January 29, 2003, Hinkle was formally charged with “disruption” of a “campus event” — the purported bible study meeting — in violation of California Code of Regulations, Title 5, Section 41301(d). (In fact, when Hinkle entered the study lounge, there was nothing to indicate that a meeting or bible study was taking place. No meeting notice, Bibles, or praying could be seen, and pizza was being eaten.)</div><div>
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</div><div>Steven Hinkle</div><div>As a result of the charges, Hinkle was subjected to a seven-hour judicial hearing on February 19. Several weeks later, Hinkle received a letter from Vice Provost David Conn conceding that there was “no evidence that you entered the Multicultural Center with intent to disrupt the Bible Study.” Nonetheless, the letter told him his flier had disrupted the meeting and ordered him to write a “formal letter of apology” to the complaining students to be approved by the Office of Judicial Affairs. An accompanying document from Judicial Affairs warned Hinkle that if he did not accept this punishment, he would face much stiffer penalties, up to expulsion. Read an abridged or full version of the 7-hour hearing transcript.</div><div>
</div><div>It’s what Hinkle said, not how he said it</div><div>
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</div><div>“STEVEN HINKLE: “CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR DEFINITION OF DISRUPTION?”JUDICIAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR ARDITH TREGENZA: “I DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT’S RELEVANT TO THIS CASE.”— JUDICIAL HEARING TRANSCRIPT</div><div>
</div><div>Although Hinkle was convicted of “disruption,” Cal Poly officials and the complaining students made it clear that the problem was not any physical interruption of the purported meeting. (In fact, it was the students in the lounge who initiated the exchange with Hinkle and called in the police.) Instead, officials point to the allegedly offensive nature of the lecture announcement and the distraction caused by the students’ reaction to it. For example, the student who called the police, said the flier was “hate speech against us.” And Cal Poly’s Director of Judicial Affairs questioned how Hinkle “could have a poster like that and walk into a room full of African-American students and not think that there might be people who would find that offensive.” Read UPI’s account of the facts of this case.</div><div>
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</div><div>“THIS EPISODE PROVIDES A WINDOW INTO THE POLITICALLY CORRECT CENSORSHIP THAT POLLUTES SO MANY OF OUR NATION’S CAMPUSES.”— STUART TAYLOR, NATIONAL JOURNAL</div><div>
</div><div>Hinkle was punished for the content of his expression — which is constitutionally protected — rather than for disruptive conduct. It was clear that the charge of disruption is simply a pretext for punishing Hinkle for his point of view. Posting a flier on a public bulletin board announcing a talk on a topic of public importance is at the heart of the First Amendment. The school cannot punish Hinkle simply because students find the topic controversial. More generally, the Hinkle episode provides a window into the politically correct censorship that pollutes so many of our nation’s campuses, Stuart Taylor in his column in the July 14, 2003 issue of National Journal.</div><div>
</div><div>CIR defends Hinkle’s First Amendment rights</div><div>
</div><div>Hinkle cited his First Amendment right to free speech throughout the disciplinary proceedings and refused to apologize. “Censorship runs in direct opposition to the very purpose of academic institutions like Cal Poly. That’s why this is so shocking,” Hinkle told the FOX News Channel’s Hannity & Colmes.</div><div>
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</div><div>Hinkle first sought help in defending his rights from the Philadelphia-based Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), which sent two letters to Cal Poly President Warren Baker reminding him that Hinkle’s posting of the flier was protected by the First Amendment. Nonetheless, the conviction remained in Hinkle’s permanent school record and the threat of future censorship and punishment hung over his head. Realizing that legal action was necessary, FIRE referred the case to CIR and co-counsel Carol Sobel, a private practitioner and former ACLU attorney in Santa Monica, California.</div><div>
</div><div>On September 25, 2003, CIR and Sobel filed a lawsuit on Hinkle’s behalf in federal district court in Los Angeles. The attorneys also requested a temporary restraining order for immediate protection of Hinkle’s First Amendment rights. Named as defendants in the lawsuit, were Cal Poly officials, including President Warren Baker. Read USA Today’s account of the filing of the lawsuit.</div><div>
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</div><div>“[DEFENDANTS’] DEFINITION OF DISRUPTION REACHES A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED SPEECH AND IS CONTENT-BASED, UNCONSTITUTIONALLY VAGUE AND OVERBROAD.”— COMPLAINT FILED SEPTEMBER 25, 2003</div><div>
</div><div>The complaint asked the court to declare that the University’s ban on “disruption” was unconstitutionally vague and overbroad. Hinkle also sought an injunction prohibiting Cal Poly from disciplining him for the flier incident and from banning or punishing “disruptive” speech or expression in the future. The requested injunction ordered the University to expunge the allegations and conviction from Hinkle’s school records. In addition, Hinkle sought compensatory and punitive damages. Read the complaint and the memorandum supporting a temporary restraining order.</div><div>
</div><div>What’s at stake</div><div>
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</div><div>Cal Poly President Warren Baker</div><div>
</div><div>CIR’s free speech victories in the federal courts have made it harder for school officials to censure students and professors merely because someone finds their viewpoint offensive. The Hinkle case was important in establishing the principle that such disruption must be based on an objective and reasonable standard. Absent that principle, school officials and hypersensitive identity groups could veto the constitutionally protected speech of others, See CIR’s press release for additional comments.</div><div>
</div><div> </div><div>Case Status: Status: Victory. University settled on terms favorable to student.</div><div></div><div>cir ref's above</div><div>NEWS RELEASE </div><div>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE </div><div>CONTACT: TERRY PELL 202-833-8400, EXT. 113 </div><div>E-MAIL: <pell cir-usa.org="CIR-USA.ORG"> </pell></div><div>SEPTEMBER 25, 2003</div><div>LAWSUIT CHALLENGES USE OF STUDENT CONDUCT CODE TO PUNISH SPEECH</div><div>September 25, 2003 - by CIR - in Press Releases - Comments Offon Lawsuit challenges use of student conduct code to punish speech</div><div>Washington, D.C. — A California Polytechnic student disciplined for posting a flier promoting a campus speech will ask a federal court on Thursday (June 25) to protect his and his fellow students’ constitutional right to free speech. The student, Steven Hinkle, was found guilty of “disruption” by the University after students called campus police to complain that the flier was “offensive.” The flier contained only the time and place of the lecture, a photo of the speaker — black conservative Mason Weaver — and the title of Weaver’s book. In the book, “It’s OK to Leave the Plantation,” Weaver argues that dependence on government puts many African-Americans in a situation similar to slavery.</div><div>
</div><div>The lawsuit will be filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, naming the school’s officials, including Cal Poly President Warren Baker, as defendants. In addition to filing a complaint, Hinkle will request a temporary restraining order for immediate protection of his First Amendment rights. Hinkle is represented by the Center for Individual Rights (CIR) in Washington, D.C. and by Carol Sobel, a private practitioner and former ACLU attorney in Santa Monica, CA. The matter initially was investigated by the Foundation for Equal Rights in Education (FIRE), a Philadelphia-based civil liberties organization devoted to freedom of speech on college campuses.</div><div>
</div><div>The case, Hinkle v. Baker, arose when, on November 12, 2002, Steven Hinkle, a Caucasian student, attempted to post a flier on a public bulletin board in a student lounge at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. A group of African-American students who later said they were holding a bible study meeting told Hinkle the poster was offensive and disrespectful and that he could not post it. Hinkle responded by asking, “How do you know it’s offensive? Can’t we talk about it?”</div><div>
</div><div>After one of the students said the police would be called if he didn’t leave, Hinkle departed without posting the flier. In January 2003, Cal Poly charged Hinkle with “disruption” of a “campus event” — the bible study — under California Code of Regulations, Title 5, Section 41301(d). Hinkle was subjected to a seven-hour judicial hearing and found guilty. Hinkle was then ordered to write letters of apology to the offended students (the wording of which was subject to prior approval by campus officials), and was told he risked penalties up to expulsion if he refused.</div><div>
</div><div>CIR President Terence Pell noted that the complaining students — as well as the Cal Poly administrator who prosecuted Hinkle — never claimed that he physically interrupted the purported bible study meeting. Instead, they pointed to the allegedly offensive nature of the flier and the distraction caused by the students’ emotional reaction to it. For example, the black student who called the police objected to the flier being “hate speech against us.” Pell said, “it is clear that the charge of disruption is simply a pretext for punishing Hinkle for his point of view. Hinkle was well within his rights to refuse to apologize.”</div><div>
</div><div>“Posting a flier on a public bulletin board announcing a talk on a topic of public importance is at the heart of the First Amendment,” said Pell. “The school cannot punish Hinkle simply because students find the topic controversial.”</div><div>
</div><div>Pell continued, “Diversity can’t mean one rule of conduct for one race and another rule for other races. True diversity means the same rule for all students, regardless of race. Higher education officials say racial preferences are necessary to promote diversity. Now they’re trying to punish students for engaging in exactly the sort of back-and-forth that racial diversity is supposed to promote.”</div><div>
</div><div>The case first surfaced last spring, when Steve Hinkle contacted FIRE, which began a campaign to publicly expose the violation of Hinkle’s constitutional right to free speech. When Cal Poly officials refused to comply with the First Amendment, FIRE referred the case to CIR and local counsel for litigation. FIRE Chief Executive Officer Thor Halvorssen noted that university officials routinely resort to speech and conduct codes to silence dissenting views. “Allowing some individuals to veto the protected expression of others is an unconscionable betrayal of Cal Poly’s moral and legal obligations,” said Halvorssen.</div><div>
</div><div>In the lawsuit to be filed on Thursday, Hinkle will ask the court to declare that Cal Poly’s ban on “disruption” is unconstitutionally vague and overbroad. In addition, he will seek an injunction prohibiting the University both from disciplining him for the flier incident and from banning or punishing similar speech or expression in the future. The requested injunction would order the University to expunge the allegations and conviction from Hinkle’s school records. Hinkle also seeks compensatory and punitive damages.</div><div>###</div><div>
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<p times="times" new="new" font-size="font-size:" line-height="line-height:" color="color:" background-color="background-color:" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The <a href="http://www.calpolygop.org/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: purple; text-decoration: none;">Cal Poly College Republicans</a> have launched a petition to end a California State University policy requiring all clubs to have open membership, saying the rule will result in members who do not adhere to conservative values.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">College Republicans President and psychology senior Nate Honeycutt said California Executive Order 1068, which requires CSU-affiliated clubs to accept all interested students, will force organizations to compromise their core values.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“The crux of the open membership requirement is that all leadership and membership positions in every club have to be open to any students,” Honeycutt said. “In my opinion, that really defeats the purpose of a club.”</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.calstate.edu/eo/EO-1068.html" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: purple; text-decoration: none;">Executive Order 1068</a>, issued by former CSU Chancellor Charles Reed in 2011, says that “No campus shall recognize any fraternity, sorority, living group, honor society, or other student organization unless its membership and leadership are open to all currently enrolled students at that campus, except that a social fraternity or sorority or other university living group may impose a gender limitation.”</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">While the executive order is enforced across the CSU system, Honeycutt hopes to start the movement against it at Cal Poly and attract attention from clubs at other schools around the state.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Vice President of Student Affairs Keith Humphrey clarified Cal Poly does not have the authority to override a CSU policy, but applauded the initiative displayed by the College Republicans.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“We will continue to support our students in the exploration of their free-speech and advocacy options in this matter, as it is our role in Student Affairs to support students in these situations,” Humphrey wrote in an email.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Humphrey added open membership does not apply to groups separated by gender, including fraternities, sororities and club sports teams.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Honeycutt submitted a memorandum to Humphrey, Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) President Jason Colombini, Dean of Students Jean DeCosta, Club Sports Administrator Everette Brooks and ASI Program Coordinator Michelle Crawford, detailing his club’s opposition to the executive order.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Humphrey said he had been Cc’d on the memo, but any formal discussion would take place between ASI and the College Republicans.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“The current petition being circulated by the College Republicans at Cal Poly will be treated fairly and welcomed as all other student expressions of free speech,” he said.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">If non-conservative students are allowed to join the College Republicans, the club’s central purpose will be nullified, Honeycutt said.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“We would welcome any student to come to our meetings and hear what we’re about,” he said. “But with an open membership requirement, we aren’t able to protect our club and the mission and values we embody.”</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">About 10 years ago, a group of students opposed to the College Republicans’ viewpoints joined the club and created a liberal voting bloc, which negated the conservative values of other members, Honeycutt said.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Today, all students are welcome at College Republicans’ meetings, but they must first be registered Republicans to gain membership.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Club officers can also vote on whether students who are not politically affiliated show enough conservative values to be voted in as members.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The College Republicans fear being dominated by Democrats trying to disrupt the club’s plans if it is forced to admit all members, Honeycutt said.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“An open membership requirement makes it so that other people can spy on, take over or dilute the messages of rival groups,” he said. “We don’t want to keep people out. We just want to restrict membership so we can protect the purpose of our group.”</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">While Humphrey said he had heard of some clubs’ ideological opposition to the executive order, no groups had reported operational or managerial problems since its implementation.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Under Executive Order 1068, honor societies are also not allowed to deny admission to students with unsatisfactory grades, though Humphrey said he has not heard complaints on the matter.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Christian fraternity Alpha Gamma Omega and sorority Alpha Delta Chi are <a href="http://mustangnews.net/supreme-court-leaves-christian-fraternity-and-sorority-off-campus/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: purple; text-decoration: none;">not recognized</a> by Cal Poly because of <a href="http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/fa/sf/title5regs.asp" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: purple; text-decoration: none;">Title 5</a>, which prohibits any state-supported organization from discriminating based on religion.</font></p>

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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style=" line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch, a program of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, and the author of nine books on Islam and jihad, including the New York Times bestsellers The Truth About Muhammad and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades). Spencer is a weekly columnist for Human Events and FrontPage Magazine, and has led seminars on Islam and jihad for the United States Central Command, United States Army Command and General Staff College, the U.S. Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group, the FBI, the Joint Terrorism Task Force, and the U.S. intelligence community.</span><br style=" line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" />

<span style=" line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Spencer has also written eleven monographs and well over three hundred articles about jihad and Islamic terrorism. Along with the bestsellers The Truth About Muhammad (Regnery) and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) (Regnery), he is the author of Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions About the World's Fastest Growing Faith (Encounter); Onward Muslim Soldiers: How Jihad Still Threatens America and the West (Regnery); Religion of Peace? Why Christianity Is and Islam Isn't (Regnery), a refutation of moral equivalence and call for all the beneficiaries and heirs of Judeo-Christian Western civilization, whatever their own religious or philosophical perspective may be, to defend it from the global jihad; and Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam is Subverting America without Guns or Bombs (Regnery), an expose of how jihadist groups are advancing their agenda in the U.S. today by means other than terrorist attacks.. He is coauthor, with Daniel Ali, of Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics (Ascension), and editor of the essay collection The Myth of Islamic Tolerance: How Islamic Law Treats Non-Muslims (Prometheus). His latest book is The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran (Regnery). Spencer's books have been translated into many languages, including Spanish, Italian, Finnish, and Bahasa Indonesia.</span><br style=" line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" />

<span style=" line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Along with his weekly columns, Spencer has completed a weekly Qur'an commentary at Jihad Watch, Blogging the Qur'an, which has been translated into Czech, Danish, German and Italian. He is an Associate Fellow of the American Freedom Alliance and a contributing writer to Steven Emerson's Investigative Project on Terrorism. His articles on Islam and other topics have appeared in the New York Post, the Washington Times, the Dallas Morning News, Canada's National Post, Middle East Quarterly, WorldNet Daily, First Things, Insight in the News, National Review Online, and many other journals.</span><br style=" line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" />

<span style=" line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In addition to the seminars on Islam and jihad that Spencer has led for the United States Central Command, United States Army Command and General Staff College, a Department of Homeland Security task force, the FBI, branches of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, and the U.S. intelligence community, he has discussed jihad, Islam, and terrorism at a workshop sponsored by the U.S. State Department and the German Foreign Ministry. He has also appeared on the BBC, CNN, FoxNews, PBS, MSNBC, CNBC, C-Span, France24 and Croatia National Televison (HTV), as well as on numerous radio programs including Bill O'Reilly's Radio Factor, The Laura Ingraham Show, Bill Bennett's Morning in America, Michael Savage's Savage Nation, The Sean Hannity Show, The Alan Colmes Show, The G. Gordon Liddy Show, The Neal Boortz Show, The Michael Medved Show, The Michael Reagan Show, The Rusty Humphries Show, The Larry Elder Show, The Barbara Simpson Show, Vatican Radio, and many others.</span></font></div>

<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font style=" line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">As "Fox News' brightest, funniest young Conservative mind," Steven Crowder is a mainstay in the worlds of television, comedy and writing.  Before being brought in as one of Fox News' youngest contributors ever, Steven began his career in entertainment with acting and stand up comedy.

Beginning as a mere teenager, Steven performed in the major festivals and winning national talent competitions (including one on Myspace, remember that site?) all before he was old enough to legally consume a beer. Unsatisfied, Steven decided to take his brand of take-no-prisoners, politically incorrect, comedy-club-favorite humor… to the Internet. Quickly racking up tens of millions of views, Crowder was seen as somewhat of a conundrum. His irreverent, hilarious yet distinctly conservative videos surprisingly went viral, resulting in him being thrust into the national spotlight of cable news and radio. You name the show, Crowder's done it.

While still active in both television/film and comedy, Crowder is now most famously known as a conservative lightening rod. As an entertainer, activist and commentator, Crowder's trademark has become that of bravely entering the belly of the liberalism beast… without backing down. Be it television, the stage or the Internet, wherever Crowder goes, he continues to leave enlightenment, entertainment and controversy in his wake. Enjoy.

Bio courtesy of: <a href="http://mustangdaily.net/political-comedian-brings-american-idiot-to-spotlight/" title="" target="_blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">YAF</a></font><br style=" line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" />

<font style=" line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Read about Crowder's visit to Cal Poly in the Mustang Daily featured in the paper on May 8, 2013: <a title="" href="http://mustangdaily.net/political-comedian-brings-american-idiot-to-spotlight/" target="_blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">http://mustangdaily.net/political-comedian-brings-american-idiot-to-spotlight/</a></font></font></div>

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<div class="paragraph" style="margin: 0px; padding: 1em 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" font-weight: bold;">Tuesday (11/8):</span> Mason Weaver (empowering speaker returns to Cal Poly)

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<div class="paragraph" style="margin: 0px; padding: 1em 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Katie Pavlich is the news editor for <a href="http://townhall.com/" title="" style=" text-decoration: none;">Townhall.com</a> and a contributing editor to Townhall Magazine. She is the author of the New York Times Best Seller <em style=" position: relative;"><strong><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fast-and-furious-katies-pavlich/1108322242" target="_blank" title="" style=" text-decoration: none;">Fast and Furious: Barack Obama's Bloodiest Scandal and Its Shameless Cover-Up</a></strong> </em>and recently became a Fox News contributor. 

As a reporter, she has covered topics ranging from White House scandals and the 2012 presidential election to the Second Amendment and border issues. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona with a degree in Journalism and is a current National Review Washington Fellow.

Katie has shared her perspective on multiple media venues including, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC and Fox Business, in addition to a host of national and local radio shows. 

Biography courtesy of: <a href="http://www.yaf.org/Katie-Pavlich.aspx" target="_blank" title="" style=" text-decoration: none;">YAF</a>

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Read the Mustang Daily's article on Katie's visit to Cal Poly published in the paper on February 10, 2013: <a title="" href="http://mustangdaily.net/republican-speaker/" target="_blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">http://mustangdaily.net/republican-speaker/</a></font></div>

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<div class="paragraph" style="margin: 0px; padding: 1em 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Joseph Phillips is an accomplished author and a riveting speaker covering a broad range of topics -- American idealism, family values, and character and cultural issues. The venues have also covered a wide gamut: Mr. Phillips has hosted benefits, taught workshops and given keynote addresses at conservative-based functions, community groups, colleges and high schools throughout the country. Mr. Phillips' passionate thoughts on family, faith, and freedom leaves audiences both moved and enthralled.

Few other speakers can claim to have starred on the number one rated television program of the 1980's--The Cosby Show--and worked as a surrogate for the President of the United States of America; starred on the number on rated daytime drama and syndicated a popular weekly column and authored a best-selling book, He Talk Like a White Boy. He has also performed on Broadway, off-Broadway and in regional theatre stages and been an Abraham Lincoln fellow for the Claremont Institute. Phillips is a true Renaissance man with something to say, and a unique way of saying it.

His feature films include starring rolls in "Strictly Business," "Let's Talk About Sex" and "Midnight Blue." Besides his starring role on "The Cosby Show," he was a three time NAACP Image Award Nominee for his portrayal of Attorney Justus Ward on the daytime drama General Hospital. For two seasons he appeared as Mayor Morgan Douglas on the CBS series "The District," recurred as Marcus Johnson on the hit CBS series "Without A Trace" and currently appears as JT Morse on the Fox Series "Vanished." He has had guest starring roles on "Las Vegas," "Jack and Bobby,""The King of Queens," "Judging Amy," "Family Law," "Martin," "The Larry Sanders Show," "City of Angles," "Any Day Now," and "The Parkers," among others.

As a writer, Mr. Phillips has had essays published in <em style=" position: relative;">Newsweek, Los Angeles Daily News, Essence Magazine, USA Today</em> and many others. His weekly column, "The Way I see It" appears in numerous publications across the country. 

His greatest passion is Nicole, his wife of 12 years, and their three children, Connor, Ellis and Samuel.

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<p align="justify" style=" margin: 0px 0px 15px; line-height: 25px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mason Weaver was a sixties radical who got a degree in Black Studies at Merritt College in Oakland, CA and learned Swahili.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Today, Weaver is a conservative, and students can get in a whole bunch of trouble just for posting a flyer announcing his appearance on campus.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Just ask Steve Hinkle, a member of the California Polytechnic State University College Republicans. Hinkle tried to post a flier promoting Mason Weaver's speech about the topic of his book, It's OK To Leave The Plantation. Some black students who were having a Bible study in the multicultural center (savor the irony, please) confronted Hinkle when he attempted to post his flyer.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The students at the Bible study called the police because they were offended. (These students need to do a study of 1 Corinthians 13, especially verse five that says in part: "[love] does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered.")</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Well, since the folks in the Bible study apparently have not gotten that far in their reading, they pressed charges before the university's Office of Judicial Affairs. Hinkle was subsequently found guilty of disruption of the campus education process. Hinkle has refused to write a letter of apology following his conviction and has been threatened with not receiving his diploma.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);">It seems that he has not understood what was obvious to the Vice President of Student Affairs who said the presence of a </span><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">white Republican near black students made for a "collision of experience" that Mr. Hinkle was "naive" not to realize.</span></font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">What a tribute to higher education! Students in a multicultural center, studying the Bible, are steadfast in refusing to accommodate another view they do not understand.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);">What is it they did not understand? </span><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><b>As Mason Weaver explained to me during my interview of him on my radio show Live Fire,</b> the plaintiffs did not understand that they were "on the plantation." They have been brainwashed by the government schools and the welfare system into defending the status quo of dependency; a dependency orchestrated by black shakedown artists such as Jesse Jackson.[alford literally is?was?]</span></font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Weaver explained that the family was often broken up under slavery. The welfare state has been even more destructive of the family. But rather than dependency on the slave master in the South, the families headed by single moms are dependent on Washington.[moynohan rept?]</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">No one is responsible on the dependency plantation. Every bad thing that happens is somebody else's fault. "We have drive-by shootings and look to the white gun manufacturers and not at the black trigger men," says Weaver. "We cannot control the white manufacturers or the [drug] smugglers, but we can control our children. The civil rights movement was about who would control our children. But just like the children of Israel that escaped Egypt, some longed to return to Pharaoh."</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Weaver explains that it is this inculcated mentality of dependence that has so strongly inclined the black community to support gun control. To be a gun owner and expect to have to defend oneself is to make a significant departure from the plantation. Freedom requires us to understand that calling 911 should be done only after the assailant has been shot, apprehended or chased off -- when the danger to the victim is over.[trayvon?]</b></font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Weaver's book is available at <a href="http://www.masonweaver.com/" style=" text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-out; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) !important;">http://www.masonweaver.com</a> and my interview with him can be heard at<a href="http://www.gunowners.radio/htm" style=" text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-out; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) !important;">http://www.gunowners.radio/htm</a>.</font></p>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Student Mick Bruckner says instructor Michael Winn made “homophobic” remarks while he was in his class last school year</font></div>

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<div><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Bruckner, who describes himself as queer, said Winn called gay marriage a “grave moral mistake”</font></span></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Bruckner has opened a Title IX discrimination case against Winn and claims Cal Poly mishandled his original complaint</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> Michael Winn, a Cal Poly teacher of more than two decades, is being investigated for alleged homophobic and insensitive comments that he made to a student last year. Mick Bruckner, a Cal Poly political science major, has filed a Title IX complaint against Cal Poly lecturer Michael Winn, citing alleged homophobic remarks.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">After a Cal Poly teacher allegedly told him last year that gay marriage is a “grave moral mistake” and that gay people suffer in the afterlife, </span>a university student who identifies as queer has filed a Title IX discrimination complaint, claiming the university didn’t handle his initial grievance properly.</font></div>

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<div><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Student Mckinley “Mick” Bruckner alleged that communication studies teacher Michael Winn told him during a one-on-one meeting in his office that the persecution of gays and lesbians during the Holocaust was controversial and voiced skeptism that homosexuals were targets of the Holocaust.</font></span></div>

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<div><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Winn added that he’d “have a hard time finding a wide range of sources” on the subject for a class speech Bruckner planned to give, according to the student, who was a freshman at the time.</font></span></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Bruckner also said Winn told him gay marriage is a “grave moral mistake” and gay people will suffer in the afterlife; that his speech on gays and lesbians would be biased because he is gay; and that Winn told him “he has never heard a gay man give a ‘good’ Christian viewpoint on homosexuality.”</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The university has retained the state Attorney General’s Office to investigate the charges under federal Title IX anti-discrimination policy, but declined to comment on the specifics of the case, citing personnel privacy laws.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Winn declined to comment for this story, saying, “I will not respond prematurely but let the university process take its rightful course.”</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The speech assignment was part of Winn’s winter 2015 public speaking course. Bruckner said he never told Winn he was gay, but that Winn assumed it.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mick Bruckner, queer Cal Poly student on teacher Mike Winn’s homophobic comments</font></div>

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<div><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“He said he believed homosexuals were immoral, that they were going to hell, that he was a <b>scholar on homosexuality and went to national conferences and debates to defend the moral high ground</b>,” Bruckner told The Tribune. “He said, ‘I’ve had gay students in my class before, and I’ve never had a problem.’ The things he was saying are totally inappropriate.”</font></span></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Winn, a full-time Cal Poly lecturer, is a former president of the Nipomo Community Services District’s Board of Directors. He also applied for the vacant seat on the county Board of Supervisors after the sudden death of former supervisor Paul Teixeira in 2013 that was ultimately filled by Caren Ray. Winn has taught at Cal Poly for more than two decades.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Winn described himself as a Christian and a social conservative.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Cal Poly spokesman Matt Lazier said the details have “yet to be proven either true or false, as the investigation into this matter is ongoing.”</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“The university takes all gender and sexual orientation discrimination and harassment complaints very seriously, responds to all such complaints fully, and imposes appropriate sanctions where violations are found to have occurred,” Lazier said.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The university has 60 working days from the date it received the complaint to complete an investigation and another 10 working days to issue the investigation outcome to Bruckner, which would be Aug. 5, Lazier said.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Bruckner said he first complained in February 2015 — a day after his meeting in Winn’s office — to administrators in the College of Liberal Arts. Administrators recommended that they deal with the situation informally rather than through the university’s Title IX process, which handles complaints of discrimination following a policy spelled out by the California State University system in compliance with federal law.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">I WILL NOT RESPOND PREMATURELY BUT LET THE UNIVERSITY PROCESS TAKE ITS RIGHTFUL COURSE.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Earlier this month, Bruckner decided to file a formal complaint because of his dissatisfaction with the college’s informal process, which included conversations with administrators over the course of several months.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">During that informal process, Bruckner received an email on Feb. 12, 2015, from communications studies chair Bernard Duffy that read, “I spoke with Mr. Winn about the concerns you expressed. <span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">He was sincerely sorry to have made you uncomfortable and vowed to correct problems that you identified.”</span></font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Then on Nov. 19, 2015, Penny Bennett, Cal Poly’s associate dean for student success in the College of Liberal Arts, sent Bruckner an email that read: <span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">“In case you had not heard, I wanted to let you know that Professor Winn has retired from Cal Poly. I believe this was a good thing for our university and our students and I’m so glad that you brought your concerns to my attention.”</span></font></div>

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<div><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">However, this spring, Bruckner said he ran into Winn walking across campus and learned that he was still teaching at Cal Poly.</font></span></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“It was so anxiety-producing because the administrators have put me in such a weird, sticky position,” Bruckner said. “Essentially what happened is the dean’s office told me that the professor was forcibly made to retire. I found out in March that they had lied.”</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Bruckner said that when he took Winn’s class, the instructor assigned students to come up with ideas for their speeches, which Winn then would approve before the speeches were delivered in class.<span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> Winn ultimately allowed Bruckner to do the speech related to treatment of gay people during the Holocaust.</span> But the atmosphere still felt unwelcoming to Bruckner.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“He made it so I didn’t want to go to class ever,” Bruckner said. “It was very uncomfortable.”</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In addition, Bruckner told The Tribune that on the first day of class, Winn told students that men didn’t have to worry about their dress, but women needed to cover up because “they would distract the men in the class.”</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Bruckner said Winn also told the class, “<b>I have to be politically correct in here because of all the liberals.”</b></font></div>

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<div><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Before Winn ultimately approved Bruckner’s speech on the Holocaust, he sent Bruckner an email, which Bruckner provided to The Tribune, dated Feb. 8, 2015, that read, “Your last two speeches were sexual-orientation related, so your next two need to be about other things. (A violin needs more than one string.) Do choose something else.”</font></span></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Bruckner replied to Winn, saying his first speech “was sexual orientation related, however my last speech had nothing to do with sexual orientation other than a comedic remark my interviewee made about her experiences with lesbians.”</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">On Feb. 9, 2015, Winn sent an email stating, “Just a quick note, Mick, to reassure you (via email) that your proposed topic is approved.”</font></div>

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<div><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Bruckner has been an active participant and co-coordinator of protests on campus this year organized by the SLO Solidarity movement.</font></span></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The group has pushed for widespread changes on campus to create a more tolerant and welcoming atmosphere for minority students. They say microaggressions, including the comments Bruckner attributed to Winn, isolate them and make them feel unwelcome at Cal Poly.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Winn has a website link titled “Cal Poly’s Quirky Professors” on his Cal Poly biography with a blog article about him, listing his background and accomplishments. The write-up includes mention of 15 occupations during his life, including orthodontist, farmer, railroad worker and ordained pastor, and says he is fluent in five languages.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The write-up adds that his “main purpose as professor is to encourage self-discovery.”</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Professors have a right to free speech, the protections of which are broad and can’t be limited simply because an audience may find it offensive, Lazier said.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“However, speech that promotes an unlawful end is excluded from First Amendment protection,” Lazier said. “This might include promoting violence or making threats, harassment, defamation or false advertising.”</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In a darkened theater, a married couple appears on the screen. "Laura and Roger Freberg seem like normal people," narrates a pleasant male voice. "She's a professor at Cal Poly, and he owns a local business. They've been married since 1972. They live in a beautiful town. And their daughter was recently awarded a Bronze Star for her service in Iraq. But they also have a horrible secret. And for seven years, it made their lives living hell." </font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"Were they closet Nazis?" the narrator asks, to footage of two Nazi soldiers forcibly escorting a priest down the street. </font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"No, it was something worse ... much worse," he says, dragging out every word. "They were ... Republicans!" </font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">.<span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">..When colleagues found out she was Republican, Ms. Freberg says, she was removed as chairman of her psychology department. (She says that she sued the university and reached a settlement, but according to Robert C. Detweiler, interim provost at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, her charges alleging political and gender discrimination were thrown out.) </span></font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"I never knew that carbon chains had anything to do with politics, but they do," says another student. </font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>At the University of California at Santa Cruz, </b>when Mr. Maloney asks a female student the purpose of the women's resource center she tells him it "promotes feminism" and tries to get women "involved in politics." At this, the words "Warning: Truth Detected" flash on the screen, as her word "politics" echoes several times.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">May 05, 2009 |  Peter Wood</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">                Cal Poly is back. It is reclaiming its place on the frontier of political correctness with a new program aimed at encouraging students to turn in their teachers and fellow students for deviating from officially approved thought patterns.</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">                California Polytechnic State University, in San Luis Obispo, may be best known these days for its starring role in Indoctrinate U, Evan Coyne Maloney’s riveting documentary about the suppression of free speech on America’s campuses. </font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">                In an extended sequence in the film, Maloney seeks an explanation from campus authorities as to why a student, Steven Hinkle, got in serious trouble in November 2002 for posting flyers that announced a talk by C. Mason Weaver, author of It’s OK to Leave the Plantation, who is a black conservative. Hinkle was charged by campus police for posting “offensive racial material” in the Multicultural Center, and he was sent up to Director of Judicial Affairs. Hinkle ended up with a seven-hour hearing, during which he was denied access to legal counsel.   The judicial board found him guilty and demanded he write a public letter of apology. Hinkle instead went to FIRE and the Center for Individual Rights. Eventually Cal Poly, watching its case collapse in court, agreed to settle with Hinkle and paid his $40,000 legal bill. </font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">                The movie includes Maloney’s attempt to see the president of Cal Poly, which results in an amusing display of bureaucratic power by a pompous little man who intensely dislikes the idea that his actions are being filmed. Catch it if you can.</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">                Cal Poly got itself into this trouble by means of an extended and rather relentless campaign of political correctness. It encouraged the idea that students were frail creatures who might suffer untold damage if exposed to ideas or images they deemed “offensive.” And a great many Cal Poly students in Steven Hinkle’s era drank in the concept that they were all potential victims of the “hate speech” that malignant people were just waiting to unleash. </font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">                So did Cal Poly learn its lesson when it settled with Hinkle?   Not hardly.  According to the student newspaper, The Daily Mustang, Cal Poly is launching a new “outlet for students to report grievances,” called CARE-Net. “It is essentially a forum for students to report discriminatory incidents.” </font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">                The “CARE” in CARE-Net stands for “Community Advocating REspect.” The University initiative already has its own website, a page for the new identity-group-grievance-snitch system. The student newspaper account quotes special assistant to the vice provost and CARE-Net organizer Patricia Ponce expressing Cal Poly’s interest “in hearing about students’ experiences at Cal Poly,” which she reminds us, “is committed to be an inclusive community.” The webpage goes further. It declares that “Cal Poly is an ardent supporter of free speech.” That ardor, however, will not stand in the way of Cal Poly’s attempt to ensure that all members of the community "live and work free from bias, harassment, abuse, mockery, and discrimination.”</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">                CARE-Net encourages students to report, “any speech, act, or harassing incident or action taken by a person or group that is perceived to be malicious or discriminatory toward another person or group based on bias or prejudice relating to such characteristics as race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age or mental or physical disability.”</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">                According to the website, the Cal Poly community seems to face a grave risk from unnamed but extremely ill-intentioned forces: “Incidents that are motivated by bias, prejudice, intolerance, and hatred pose a unique danger to society and undermine the fundamental fabric of our campus community.” The website links to other valuable tools, such as the Cal Poly personnel office’s great grid of grievances.</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">                CARE-Net will start with a staff of twelve “campus advocates” to vet the reports from the University’s 18,000 or so students. Students will also be able to report online through a system called EthicsPoint, which describes itself as “a leading provider of ethics hotline and case management solutions, [and] a strategic partner with the Association of College and University Auditors (ACUA).” EthicsPoint situates itself as a compliance tool for institutions seeking to keep up with Sarbannes-Oxley regulations, but it also provides “Whistleblower Hotline Solutions” to over 2000 organizations! We might think of EthicsPoint as Big Brother’s little nephew. </font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">                What more could or should we say about Cal Poly’s new venture? It is, of course, rooted in an alleged bias incident. Last October, some students during Halloween hung a Confederate flag, a noose, and an offensive sign outside the campus residence in which they were living, “Crops House.”   This occasioned much soul-searching and many meetings. Cal Poly administrators apologized (apparently for their inability to overrule the First Amendment) and students protested the apology as insufficient. Cal Poly president, Warren Baker, said the incident was “unacceptable” and that in thirty years as president, nothing had saddened him as much. The upshot was that the flag-displaying, noose-hanging students (they denied putting up the sign) were moved out of Crops House and the University announced its decision to tear down the building.   </font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">                It isn’t entirely clear what the louts in Crop House thought they were doing, but in any case, the “bias incident” got reported easily enough without the help of EthicsPoint or the dozen new CARE-netters. Cal Poly’s new policy thus doesn’t exactly track the event that the administration cites as evidence for the need—unless we accept the logic that the Cal Poly is rife with ethnic hatred and bias that has just gone unreported for lack of a safe means to turn in the culprits. </font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">                Cal Poly is, of course, not the first college or university down this path. Last fall, we reported in Williams Chokes Up, on a similar system called Williams Speaks Up at Williams College in Massachusetts.   Williams Speaks Up was, at the time, a bias reporting system with a frustrating dearth of bias reports. Perhaps it is time to check in with Williams again. At the end of the academic year has the bias-reporting business picked up? Or are we in a bias recession? </font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">                I suppose a larger question is whether systems such as the one Williams created last year and Cal Poly has just instituted make campuses more wholesome? I am skeptical. As I wrote last week in American Character, the Remix: How College is Shaping Us Now, the ethos of American higher education has shifted towards encouraging psychological dependency. A portion of this involves identity politics and the careful nurturance of grievances, and an even larger portion involves fostering a whiney irritability in students—an irritability that is directed towards everything. Life is unfair; people insult me; I’m going to tell. </font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">                This world of resentful passivity is fed by the university that increasingly tells students that a major part of their education is coming to recognize the grievances they didn’t know they had. To help them come to that awareness, more and more university resources are devoted to the therapeutic side of the university. Cal Poly calls its new system, naturally, CARE-Net. Cal Poly cares enough to help you snare in its net the imaginary tormentors that make your life imperfect. </font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">                Cal Poly’s motto, incidentally, is “learn by doing.”   Doing, apparently, includes dropping a dime to little nephew at EthicsPoint when your professor says something that crosses your threshold of racial sensitivity or calling the inclusivity police at CARE-Net if someone like Steven Hinkle mentions a lecture on a topic you don’t approve. </font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">                In his thirty years at Cal Poly, President Baker may have built some educational programs that deserve broad respect. Be that as it may, he also helped to make Cal Poly a place of intellectual repression and cringing acceptance of ideological fashion.   He has favored a style of education that ill prepares students for morally responsible adulthood by training them to think that complaining to a bureaucracy or calling the police will cure their dissatisfactions.  </font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">                People who complain about the reign of political correctness on campus often think mainly of the hardship inflicted on those who disagree or who attempt to dissent, such as Steve Hinkle. But that’s only the most visible cost to political correctness. It also a system of rewards to those who comply with its edicts. And those rewards are far more insidious than the punishments meted out to dissenters. They are tickets to a lifetime of unappeasable grievance.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">UPDATE 5/12/09 - After this article was published and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education sent a letter to Cal Poly, CARE-Net removed all the information from its website, leaving only a promise that "new text will be available soon" and that interested parties can send the program an email for more information. Stay tuned for further developments.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">President, National Association of Scholars Dr. Peter Wood can be reached at pwood@nas.org.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Students Are Not Customers</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">NAS Welcomes Spencer Kashmanian as Development Associate</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">NAS President Peter Wood’s Letter to Springfield College President Mary-Beth…</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">An Open Letter to Virginia Tech’s Dean Sumichrast</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">You Are Cordially Disinvited</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Safe Spaces or Free Speech? Intellectual Freedom and the Modern Campus</font></div>

<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Apr 15, 2016 by<span class="Apple-tab-span" style=" white-space: pre;"> </span>Peter Wood | NAS President Peter Wood discusses the tension between safe spaces and free speech, clarifying the importance of intellectual freedom. </font></div>

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<h2 class="posttitle" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">C<a href="https://www.cir-usa.org/2003/07/cal-poly-punishes-student-for-disruption/" title="Permalink to Cal Poly punishes student for ‘disruption’" rel="bookmark" style=" border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; background: transparent;">AL POLY PUNISHES STUDENT FOR ‘DISRUPTION’</a></font></h2>

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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">At a time when civil libertarians are increasingly concerned about campus restrictions on free expression,</span> California Polytechnic State University has found a white student guilty of “disruption” for trying to post a flier in a public area where a group of black students were eating pizza. The flier advertised a talk by a black conservative.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">On the evening of Nov. 12, undergraduate Steve Hinkle – a member of the Cal Poly College Republicans – walked into the Multicultural Center on the San Luis Obispo campus to post a flier advertising a speech by Mason Weaver. In his book “It’s OK to Leave the Plantation,” <b>Weaver argues that dependence on government puts many African-Americans in circumstances similar to slavery.</b></font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The following account of events is extracted from the notes taken by Hinkle’s <b style=" background-color: transparent;">faculty adviser, neuropsychologist Laura Freberg,</b> at a formal disciplinary hearing held on Feb. 19. The transcript was obtained by FIRE – the <span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Foundation for Individual Rights in Education – a Philadelphia-based campus watchdog group founded in 1999 by University of Pennsylvania historian Alan Charles Kors and Boston civil rights attorney Harvey A. Silverglate.</span> Hinkle also has an audiotape of the proceedings.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The case at Cal Poly is part of a larger pattern in which schools have held minority students’ right not to be aggrieved, for whatever subjective reason, over the right of free expression. For example, in April FIRE sued Shippensburg University, in Pennsylvania, because of its speech code, which elevated a “primary right” to be free from “emotional abuse” over a “secondary right” to “express a personal belief system.”</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">And in June FIRE helped a student sue Texas Tech University in Lubbock who risked punishment for violating a speech code that bans “communications (that) humiliate any person.</span>”</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Authorities at Cal Poly say it was not the content of Hinkle’s flier, but rather his very presence that was “disruptive.</span>”</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A group of black students were in the area eating pizza before the start of a<b style=" background-color: transparent;"> Bible study session</b> when Hinkle approached the bulletin board. Some of those students recognized the flier and objected to its being posted. <span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">One told Hinkle not to put it up because it was “disrespectful.”</span></font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Hinkle asked, “How do you know it’s disrespectful to everyone?”</span> He invited them to attend the talk.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>One student told him to leave or she would call the police. He left without posting the flier. She called the police.</b></font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In a written statement, a copy of which was obtained by United Press International, California State University Police Officer Alan N. Darrow said he and Cpl. C. Montgomery were dispatched to the Multicultural Center “to investigate a report of a suspicious white male passing out literature of an offensive racial nature.” Hinkle was identified later.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In a letter dated Jan. 29, University Judicial Affairs Director Ardith Tregenza notified Hinkle that a student disciplinary hearing was being initiated against him. <span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">He was charged with violating subsection (d) of Section 41301 of Title V of the California Code of Regulations, which prohibits “obstruction or disruption, on or off campus property, of the campus education process, administrative process, or other campus function.”</span></font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>The university scheduled a disciplinary hearing and informed Hinkle that he could not bring an attorney.</b></font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Tregenza wrote that Hinkle could waive his right to a hearing and accept two “recommended sanctions” without admitting that he engaged in the conduct charged. One recommended sanction was to write a<b> letter of apology</b> to the offended students, the contents of which would be subject to the approval of the Office of Judicial Affairs. “There is no parameter or guarantee regarding the confidentiality of the letter sent,” Tregenza wrote.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The second recommended sanction was for Hinkle to meet twice with the university <b>ombudsman </b>“to discuss additional approaches to <b>promote your initiatives</b> and additional campus resources and strategies for accomplishing your goals.”</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Hinkle declined the recommended sanctions and allowed the hearing to take its course.</b></font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Hinkle told UPI that at the Feb. 19 hearing, Vice President for Student Affairs Cornel Morton called attention to Hinkle’s blond hair and blue eyes and the fact that Hinkle was a white male member of the Republican club. Morton said that to students of color, this could represent “a collision of experience.” The chemistry of the situation has racial implications, Morton said, and Hinkle was naïve not to acknowledge this.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">At the hearing Hinkle said the idea that individuals would react to the flier in a certain way because of their color is the very definition of racism. People should not be stereotyped as to their beliefs on the basis of their appearance, he said.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In a letter dated March 12, W. David Conn, vice provost for academic programs and undergraduate education, informed Hinkle that he had been found guilty as charged. <b style=" background-color: transparent;">His sanction was the letter of apology </b>mandated under the same terms set forth by Ardith Tregenza in her letter of Jan. 29. Hinkle, who is one quarter away from graduation, has <span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">refused to write the letter. Hinkle said Conn warned him verbally that if he does not accept this punishment, he could face much stiffer penalties, up to expulsion.</span></font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">UPI called the office of University President Warren J. Baker for comment and was referred to Cornel Morton’s office, which referred the call to spokesperson Leah Kolt. She said the<b> school could not comment on a student disciplinary matter because of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act.</b></font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">“This is on my educational records,” Hinkle told UPI. “How is this going to be interpreted when I apply to a graduate school – that I was harassed because of my political beliefs or that I had a problem with students of color?”</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Hinkle is dismayed by the notion that college students should be protected from ideas that offend them.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">“I get offended all the time on campus when teachers bash conservatives. Since when do we have a right not to be offended?”</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In an April 15 letter to University President Warren Baker, Greg Lukianoff – FIRE’s director of legal and public advocacy – wrote: <span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">“It would be appropriate for some disciplinary action to have been initiated against students who prevent another student from posting a flier because they dislike … its content. </span>At the least, the censors should have been notified that the suppression of protected speech has no place at a university.”</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In a reply dated May 9, university legal counsel Carlos Cordova rejected the free speech issue. “Mr. Hinkle was charged with engaging in conduct which disrupted a student meeting,” he wrote, “a content neutral rule applicable to all students.”</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Laura Freberg, Hinkle’s faculty adviser, told UPI: “The university knows it could not take action against Steve because of the nature of the flier. The students originally reported to the police that they were offended by the flier. It was clearly a free-speech, 1st Amendment kind of issue, and the university knows it can’t do anything with that.” Therefore, the disruption charge was “trumped up,” she said.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Freberg sees a political motive. “Our club is somewhat unique among college Republican clubs in terms of its effectiveness,” she said. Its members are credited with tipping several local elections to the GOP. “They work their butts off. They do precinct walking. They host meet-the-candidate barbecues. They have been very, very active in registering students – which is hard to do. …</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Steve is a great kid, and he was shaken by this. … It’s been a lot of pressure for him.”</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Freberg said normally a 20-year-old student would be intimidated. “He’s going to look at the sanctions that this university can impose.<b> It’s kind of like the guy in front of the tank in Tiananmen Square</b>. If you’re looking at this big machine coming down on you, and you’re 20 years old, you’re going to say: ‘I’m going to write the letter.’</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“It’s actually been a growth experience for Steve. … I think it would take a lot more to intimidate him today than a year ago. We’re very proud of how he’s handled himself.”</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Notwithstanding the statement of Cornel Morton, the vice president of student affairs, that Hinkle should have known that the very presence of a white male Republican, in the larger context of the fliers, could be seen as “a collision of experience” – an element of the “disruption” charge – university counsel Cordova wrote to FIRE: “What political party an employee or student belongs to is of no consideration on any matters before the University, and the University most certainly does not keep information on political affiliation.”</font>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In another victory for CIR, California Polytechnic State University agreed that it was improper to punish a student soley on the grounds that other students found his speech to be contraversial.<b> The school agreed to clear Steve’s student record, let him post fliers in the future, and pay $40,000 in legal fees.</b></font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Steven Hinkle goes to court to challenge one-sided use of student conduct code</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Steven Hinkle’s problems began on November 12, 2002, while he was posting fliers around the campus of California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, where he is a student.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The fliers advertised a lecture the next evening by author Mason Weaver. Weaver was to talk about his book, It’s OK to Leave the Plantation: the New Underground Railroad. In the book, Weaver argues that dependence on government programs puts many African Americans in a situation similar to slavery.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">When Hinkle attempted to post the flier on a public bulletin board located in a student lounge area in the Multicultural Center, he was approached by several African-American students who <b>claimed to be </b>holding a bible study meeting nearby. Though the flier listed only Weaver’s name, the title of his book, and the time and place of the lecture, the students told Hinkle the announcement was “offensive.” They asked Hinkle not to post the flier and said they would call the police if he didn’t leave.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">After briefly trying to discuss the students’ comments with them, Hinkle left the lounge without posting the flier. Nonetheless, one of the students called the campus police to complain. The police arrived immediately and reported that they had been “dispatched to the multi-cultural center to investigate a suspicious white male passing out literature of an offensive racial nature.”</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Hinkle is charged with disruption</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Hinkle was summoned to meet with school officials. They told him that the lecture announcement was offensive to the African-American students in the lounge. One administrator suggested that his being white and having blond hair and blue eyes was a “flashpoint.” On January 29, 2003, Hinkle was formally charged with “disruption” of a “campus event” — the purported bible study meeting — in violation of California Code of Regulations, Title 5, Section 41301(d). (In fact, when Hinkle entered the study lounge, there was nothing to indicate that a meeting or bible study was taking place. No meeting notice, Bibles, or praying could be seen, and pizza was being eaten.)</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">As a result of the charges, Hinkle was subjected to a seven-hour judicial hearing on February 19. Several weeks later, Hinkle received a letter from Vice Provost David Conn conceding that there was “no evidence that you entered the Multicultural Center with intent to disrupt the Bible Study.” Nonetheless, the letter told him his flier had disrupted the meeting and ordered him to write a “formal letter of apology” to the complaining students to be approved by the Office of Judicial Affairs. An accompanying document from Judicial Affairs warned Hinkle that if he did not accept this punishment, he would face much stiffer penalties, up to expulsion. Read an abridged or full version of the 7-hour hearing transcript.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">It’s what Hinkle said, not how he said it</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“STEVEN HINKLE: “CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR DEFINITION OF DISRUPTION?”JUDICIAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR ARDITH TREGENZA: “I DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT’S RELEVANT TO THIS CASE.”— JUDICIAL HEARING TRANSCRIPT</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Although Hinkle was convicted of “disruption,” Cal Poly officials and the complaining students made it clear that the problem was not any physical interruption of the purported meeting. (In fact, it was the students in the lounge who initiated the exchange with Hinkle and called in the police.) Instead, officials point to the allegedly offensive nature of the lecture announcement and the distraction caused by the students’ reaction to it. For example, the student who called the police, said the flier was <b>“hate speech against us.</b>”<span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> And Cal Poly’s Director of Judicial Affairs questioned how Hinkle “could have a poster like that and walk into a room full of African-American students and not think that there might be people who would find that offensive.” </span>Read UPI’s account of the facts of this case.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“THIS EPISODE PROVIDES A WINDOW INTO THE POLITICALLY CORRECT CENSORSHIP THAT POLLUTES SO MANY OF OUR NATION’S CAMPUSES.”— STUART TAYLOR, NATIONAL JOURNAL</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Hinkle was punished for the content of his expression — which is constitutionally protected — rather than for disruptive conduct. It was clear that the charge of disruption is simply a pretext for punishing Hinkle for his point of view. Posting a flier on a public bulletin board announcing a talk on a topic of public importance is at the heart of the First Amendment. The school cannot punish Hinkle simply because students find the topic controversial. More generally, the Hinkle episode provides a window into the politically correct censorship that pollutes so many of our nation’s campuses, Stuart Taylor in his column in the July 14, 2003 issue of National Journal.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Hinkle cited his First Amendment right to free speech throughout the disciplinary proceedings and refused to apologize. “Censorship runs in direct opposition to the very purpose of academic institutions like Cal Poly. That’s why this is so shocking,” Hinkle told the FOX News Channel’s Hannity & Colmes.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Hinkle first sought help in defending his rights from the Philadelphia-based Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), which sent two letters to Cal Poly President Warren Baker reminding him that Hinkle’s posting of the flier was protected by the First Amendment. Nonetheless, the conviction remained in Hinkle’s permanent school record and the threat of future censorship and punishment hung over his head. Realizing that legal action was necessary, FIRE referred the case to <b>CIR and co-counsel Carol Sobel, a private practitioner and<span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> former </span>ACLU attorney in Santa Monica, California.</b></font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">On September 25, 2003, CIR and Sobel filed a lawsuit on Hinkle’s behalf in federal district court in Los Angeles. The attorneys also requested a temporary restraining order for immediate protection of Hinkle’s First Amendment rights<b>. Named as defendants in the lawsuit, were Cal Poly officials, including President Warren Baker</b>. Read USA Today’s account of the filing of the lawsuit.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“[DEFENDANTS’] DEFINITION OF DISRUPTION REACHES A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED SPEECH AND IS CONTENT-BASED, UNCONSTITUTIONALLY VAGUE AND OVERBROAD.”— COMPLAINT FILED SEPTEMBER 25, 2003</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The complaint asked the court to declare that the University’s ban on “disruption” was unconstitutionally vague and overbroad. Hinkle also sought an injunction prohibiting Cal Poly from disciplining him for the flier incident and from banning or punishing “disruptive” speech or expression in the future. The requested injunction ordered the University to expunge the allegations and conviction from Hinkle’s school records. In addition, Hinkle sought compensatory and punitive damages. Read the complaint and the memorandum supporting a temporary restraining order.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">CIR’s free speech victories in the federal courts have made it harder for school officials to censure students and professors merely because someone finds their viewpoint offensive. The Hinkle case was important in establishing the principle that such disruption must be based on an objective and reasonable standard. Absent that principle, school officials and hypersensitive identity groups could veto the constitutionally protected speech of others, See CIR’s press release for additional comments.</font></div>

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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Case Status: Status: Victory. University settled on terms favorable to student.</font></div>

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<p style=" border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. — A California Polytechnic student disciplined for posting a flier promoting a campus speech will ask a federal court on Thursday (June 25) to protect his and his fellow students’ constitutional right to free speech. The student, Steven Hinkle, was found guilty of “disruption” by the University after students called campus police to complain that the flier was “offensive.” The flier contained only the time and place of the lecture, a photo of the speaker — black conservative Mason Weaver — and the title of Weaver’s book. In the book, “It’s OK to Leave the Plantation,” Weaver argues that dependence on government puts many African-Americans in a situation similar to slavery.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The lawsuit will be filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, naming the school’s officials, including Cal Poly President Warren Baker, as defendants. In addition to filing a complaint, Hinkle will request a temporary restraining order for immediate protection of his First Amendment rights. Hinkle is represented by the Center for Individual Rights (CIR) in Washington, D.C. and by Carol Sobel, a private practitioner and former ACLU attorney in Santa Monica, CA. The matter initially was investigated by the Foundation for Equal Rights in Education (FIRE), a Philadelphia-based civil liberties organization devoted to freedom of speech on college campuses.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The case, Hinkle v. Baker, arose when, on November 12, 2002, Steven Hinkle, a Caucasian student, attempted to post a flier on a public bulletin board in a student lounge at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. A group of African-American students who later said they were holding a bible study meeting told Hinkle the poster was offensive and disrespectful and that he could not post it. Hinkle responded by asking, “How do you know it’s offensive? Can’t we talk about it?”</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">After one of the students said the police would be called if he didn’t leave, Hinkle departed without posting the flier. In January 2003, Cal Poly charged Hinkle with “disruption” of a “campus event” — the bible study — under California Code of Regulations, Title 5, Section 41301(d). Hinkle was subjected to a seven-hour judicial hearing and found guilty. Hinkle was then ordered to write letters of apology to the offended students (the wording of which was subject to prior approval by campus officials), and was told he risked penalties up to expulsion if he refused.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">CIR President Terence Pell noted that the complaining students — as well as the Cal Poly administrator who prosecuted Hinkle — never claimed that he physically interrupted the purported bible study meeting. Instead, they pointed to the allegedly offensive nature of the flier and the distraction caused by the students’ emotional reaction to it. For example, the black student who called the police objected to the flier being “hate speech against us.” Pell said, “it is clear that the charge of disruption is simply a pretext for punishing Hinkle for his point of view. Hinkle was well within his rights to refuse to apologize.”</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Posting a flier on a public bulletin board announcing a talk on a topic of public importance is at the heart of the First Amendment,” said Pell. “The school cannot punish Hinkle simply because students find the topic controversial.”</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Pell continued, “Diversity can’t mean one rule of conduct for one race and another rule for other races. True diversity means the same rule for all students, regardless of race. Higher education officials say racial preferences are necessary to promote diversity. Now they’re trying to punish students for engaging in exactly the sort of back-and-forth that racial diversity is supposed to promote.”</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The case first surfaced last spring, when Steve Hinkle contacted FIRE, which began a campaign to publicly expose the violation of Hinkle’s constitutional right to free speech. When Cal Poly officials refused to comply with the First Amendment, FIRE referred the case to CIR and local counsel for litigation. FIRE Chief Executive Officer Thor Halvorssen noted that university officials routinely resort to speech and conduct codes to silence dissenting views. “Allowing some individuals to veto the protected expression of others is an unconscionable betrayal of Cal Poly’s moral and legal obligations,” said Halvorssen.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In the lawsuit to be filed on Thursday, Hinkle will ask the court to declare that Cal Poly’s ban on “disruption” is unconstitutionally vague and overbroad. In addition, he will seek an injunction prohibiting the University both from disciplining him for the flier incident and from banning or punishing similar speech or expression in the future. The requested injunction would order the University to expunge the allegations and conviction from Hinkle’s school records. Hinkle also seeks compensatory and punitive damages.</font></p>

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