Lake Superior State University Violates Free Expression Rights
Orders Professor to Remove Posted Materials from Office Door
April 9, 2008
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., April 9, 2008—Lake Superior State University (LSSU) has ordered a professor to remove materials dealing with issues such as Islamic terrorism, gun control, presidential politics, and the war in Iraq from his office door or face charges of “insubordination.” After an anonymous person complained that the materials were offensive, LSSU officials told Professor Richard Crandall, a nearly 40-year veteran of teaching, to immediately remove the items and to practice his academic freedom with “responsibility"—while allowing other professors to maintain similar postings about the same issues on their office doors. Crandall has turned to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) for help.
“LSSU is displaying serious disrespect for faculty rights by demanding that Professor Crandall remove materials about public concerns from his office door,” FIRE President Greg Lukianoff said. “The political double standard in this case is striking.” [end]
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