Hate Speech on Campus

1. Check out this story about an incident at Penn State University.
   http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/50100377#50100377
2. Next Go to the FIRE website and read their mission statement and what they are about. 
3. Look at the "What are Speech Codes?" article and "About Speech Codes" so that you understand how FIRE is defining them.
4. Go to "Using FIRE's Spotlight" in order to understand how to use their database.
5. Go to the database and select a college or university that you have an interest in.
6. On your blog, write a post that responds to the following:
• Describe your chosen university's speech codes (or lack of them).  How do your university’s policies or restrictions on free speech impact you as a prospective student? Does it influence or change the way you view the school? Do you believe that your university’s speech codes are legal or do they infringe on your rights to free speech?
• How might your university react to the parties that you saw in the images during class or on the Today show above?  Would you agree or disagree with their reaction?
7. Next, spend some time browsing FIRE’s website.  Explore their reports, articles, current events, projects.  Then continue your post.  What do you think of FIRE?  Do you agree with their perspective?  Do you agree with their definitions of what constitutes a speech code? Are the “restrictions” and codes they point out necessarily harmful or do they protect students?
8. Write a concluding thought.
9. Spend any remaining time looking at other class members' blogs.  Try to comment on at least two.