Column: Like it or not, hate speech protected under law
By Ross Abbott | March 23, 2015Hate speech is protected by the first amendment not only when it can incite to prejudice or violence, but even when it actually does.
Hate speech is protected by the first amendment not only when it can incite to prejudice or violence, but even when it actually does.
Hate speech — aka that little chant those SAE boys were singing so enthusiastically to — is speech that offends, threatens or insults groups based on race, gender, ethnic groups, disability or sexual orientation.
Adjunct professors are the hyper-educated working poor and they deserve better treatment.
Last week, I unveiled another way that we can help more Americans afford college ... It’s a simple declaration of values – a Student Aid Bill of Rights.
Why on Earth aren’t Republicans climbing over one another to demand immediate action against climate change?
We should all take time for reflection on the loss of our classmate and for good wishes and condolences to his family and friends.
We applaud the Fraternity Council for their partnership with the Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands (STSM).
For all the awful things it was, the SAE song should not be grounds for expulsion from a public university.
For young girls across the globe, the Disney princesses can be amazing role models.
The ideas put forward by the school to justify this particular multi-million dollar construction project aren’t bad ones by any means.
The texting and calling functions on smartphones do not significantly differ from how people communicated when Nokia ruled the cell phone world in the early 2000s.
Although “mobile phone addiction” is not an official diagnosis, there is strong evidence of its negative effects on our ability to socialize.
As it stands, we’ll stick with the bag-full of apples we can get with a meal swipe. Or hit up the Farmer's Market on Greene Street and grab some there. Or perhaps plant an orchard ourselves. No? Nobody? OK. More apples for us.
The Constitution is not something to be walked all over, just as international relations is not something to be handled by 47 congressional Republicans and an open letter.
Racism is not over in the United States. The politics of this country are still the politics of skin color. The problem is that even with concrete data from a disinterested party, there will still be a brigade of idiots who claim that “this isn’t about race.”
There’s nothing like a long succession of near criminal acts of laziness over spring break to show how easy it is to be comfortable.
President Obama's impending visit to Columbia has the campus buzzing, even if he is speaking at Benedict College and not USC.