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āThe Bulletinā on Speech Code Report
Philadelphia newspaper The Bulletin has an about ¹ū¶³“«Ć½app¹Ł·½ās 2007 speech codes report, Spotlight on Speech Codes 2007: The State of Free Speech on our Nationās Campuses. The article focuses on Philadelphia-area schools in particular, noting that both Drexel University and West Chester University get poor, āred lightā ratings for suppressing student speech. Drexel, Torch readers may remember, has a particularly egregious speech code, banning both āinconsiderate jokesā and āinappropriately directed laughterā (whatever that means). Thanks to The Bulletin for helping bring these ridiculous policies to the publicās attention.
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