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Free speech 'dead' on campuses
by Anya Bergman
News | 3/18/08
Posted online at 4:33 AM EST on 3/18/08
/ Last updated at 11:09 AM EST on 3/18/08
Following the speech, Hindley said FIRE and other faculty gave him a lot of support and that the Committee for Faculty Rights and Responsibilities did a wonderful job with his case. The committee rebuked the provost's punishments of Hindley. I was so crushed inside," Hindley said about finding out about the accusation. He said Silverglate did not answer the question about professionalism well and that to him, there need to be limits in the classroom.
Hindley questioned who defines professionalism and what should be punished. He said that were the administration able to title something "not professional," it could use this as an excuse to accuse someone.
President of the Brandeis Democrats David Emer '09 said Hindley was wronged by the provost and that professors have the right to use epithets but shouldn't. He requested that both Hindley and Silverglate apologize for their use of epithets, Hindley during class and Silverglate during his speech, and by apologizing they would elicit an apology from the administration.
When Emer turned to the audience and asked whether they thought he was right in this request, the only audible response was "no."
Silverglate responded by saying that Emer turned Silverglate's "words into weapons" and that his use of epithets was "entirely germane to [his] talk."
FIRE recently put Brandeis on its "red list," meaning its policies and practices are dangerous to basic freedoms, according to Adam Kissel, director of FIRE's Individual Rights Defense program. FIRE is currently writing up the Brandeis case for publication, he said.
Claire Moses contributed reporting.
Hindley questioned who defines professionalism and what should be punished. He said that were the administration able to title something "not professional," it could use this as an excuse to accuse someone.
President of the Brandeis Democrats David Emer '09 said Hindley was wronged by the provost and that professors have the right to use epithets but shouldn't. He requested that both Hindley and Silverglate apologize for their use of epithets, Hindley during class and Silverglate during his speech, and by apologizing they would elicit an apology from the administration.
When Emer turned to the audience and asked whether they thought he was right in this request, the only audible response was "no."
Silverglate responded by saying that Emer turned Silverglate's "words into weapons" and that his use of epithets was "entirely germane to [his] talk."
FIRE recently put Brandeis on its "red list," meaning its policies and practices are dangerous to basic freedoms, according to Adam Kissel, director of FIRE's Individual Rights Defense program. FIRE is currently writing up the Brandeis case for publication, he said.
Claire Moses contributed reporting.
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