CAL POLY–
Why am I not surprised that Cal Poly lost a big case and no one — including the local media here in San Luis Obispo covered it?
In truth, although I tend to view Cal Poly as the bigger problem, it was the entire California State University System that got whacked. It’s like the system has the same sort of drones working at the top, making all of the same sorts of bad decisions over and over again.
So, let’s take a look at what this case was all about:
‘The center ( the Center for Academic Freedom ) recently announced that it had reached a settlement with California State University system officials to eliminate problematic restrictions on student speech at all of its 23 campuses.
According to EP News Service, a federal judge suspended or limited aspects of the CSU speech policy last year, saying it contained serious constitutional problems.As part of the settlement, portions of the Cal State system “speech code,” the San Francisco State University Student Organization Handbook “speech code,” and the SFSU harassment policy will be modified to eliminate unconstitutional restrictions that have been misused by university officials.
“The problem with public universities today is that it’s departed largely from what it was supposed to be—a place to teach students to think, a marketplace for ideas,” Kellum said. “Instead, what we see today is more of a place of indoctrination, an incubator for leftist thought. They have very little patience for any view other than their own.”’
My experience in watching Cal Poly over the years is that they have a tendency to revert to form once they get their hands slapped in court. Regardless of what the court says, they put their own spin on it in practice.
It was nice to see them held accountable, even if it never reached the papers.
Roger Freberg
