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May 28th, 2009

Student Censored For Pamphleteering at Penn. Community College

FIRE reports on yet another case of a student being harassed by school administrators for advocating for concealed carry of handguns on campus. The Community College of Allegheny County in Pennsylvania has threatened disciplinary action against one of its students, Christine Brashier, for handing out pamphlets and trying to start a campus chapter of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus.

The school deans said Brashier was prohibited from “soliciting” her materials or even discussing concealed carry on campus. They even went so far as to order her to destroy all of her pamphlets.

Posted in Blog, Uncategorized
By CJ Ciaramella

March 10th, 2009

BC to bring Condoms to Campus?

A student movement at Boston College has formed and passed a petition calling for the free distribution of condoms on campus, affordable and available STD testing, and a renewed commitment on the part of the university to provide information on sexual health to students. The Sexual Health Initiative (nick-named S.H.I.T. by its detractors) was passed by a student vote, garnering well over 80 percent of those polled. There are two fundamental problems with this petition. First, it seeks to ask a Jesuit university to violate its code of ethics. Second, it essentially asks all students to help pay for STD testing, providing an incentive for risky behavior.

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By Michael Reer