From: kadie@eff.org (Carl M. Kadie)
Newsgroups: alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk,alt.censorship
Subject:  Yale's University Policy on Freedom of Expression
Date: 19 Sep 1993 14:40:51 -0400
Message-ID: <27i93j$d5j@eff.org>

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         II.  University Policy on Freedom of Expression
          
          In 1975, the Committee on Freedom of Expression at Yale
          wrote the following:
             
             The primary function of a university is to discover
             and disseminate knowledge by means of research and
             teaching.  To fulfill this function a free
             interchange of ideas is necessary not only within
             its walls but with the world beyond as well.  It
             follows that a university must do everything
             possible to ensure within it the fullest degree of
             intellectual freedom.  The history of intellectual
             growth and discovery clearly demonstrates the need
             for unfettered freedom, the right to think the
             unthinkable, discuss the unmentionable, and
             challenge the unchallengeable.  To curtail free
             expression strikes twice at intellectual freedom,
             for whoever deprives another of the right to state
             unpopular views necessarily also deprives others of
             the right to listen to those views.
          
          Members of this University have freely associated
          themselves with Yale and in doing so have affirmed
          their commitment to a philosophy of mutual tolerance
          and respect.  Physical restriction, coercion, or
          intimidation of any member of the community is contrary
          to the basic principles of the University.  It is also
          a violation of these principles and of the University's
          rules of conduct for any member of the faculty, staff,
          or student body to prevent the orderly conduct of a
          University function or activity, such as a lecture,
          meeting, interview, ceremony, or other public event.
          It is similarly a violation of these principles to
          block the legitimate activity of any person on the Yale
          campus or in any Yale building or facility.
-- 
Carl Kadie -- I do not represent EFF; this is just me.
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