Kenzie Winkler Due: May 16th 2011 WR 122/ Wilde Final Essay #2 Importance of ‘Free Speech’ College is a time when most individuals are experiencing major changes and begin to explore new perspectives. The transition in becoming more independent‚ creating new insights and peer influence are key factors in changing the perspective of an individual. Students are faced with new ideas from their professors‚ family and fellow peers. Through that acquired knowledge many students decide that they either
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importance of free speech on college campuses. The Attorney General effectively uses the rhetorical strategies of logos‚ by citing facts and logical arguments; ethos‚ by citing experts’ opinions and elevated grammar; and pathos‚ allusions and anecdotal evidence; to convince his audience of the oppression of free speech on college campuses by the school board and ultimately the government. Initially Aristotle’s technique of logical appeal or logos is convincingly used in Sessions’ speech by intertwining
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Perspectives on Free-Speech Zones on College Campuses Naturally‚ many negative connotations come along with the term “free-speech zone.” The wording alone automatically insinuates that free speech should not be allowed everywhere‚ which is hardly the true intention of the idea. Sometimes the right of free speech is taken advantage of; such as in certain rallies and protests‚ where disruptive noise‚ violence‚ and destruction often occurs. Universities hold a responsibility to their students of
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assault victims‚ people of color‚ transgender students. College campuses have created “safe spaces” for all sorts of marginalized groups. But in the process‚ one member of the campus community has lost precious real estate. Free speech” (1). This quote from the article “Free Speech is Flunking Out on College Campuses” by Catherine Rampell introduces the idea that the right to freedom of speech is being squashed. All over the country‚ colleges are taking away this right from their students in order
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These speech codes are for the safety of citizens and are often used to suppress hate speech in private institutions and in the workplace. Speech codes should be allowed on college campuses in order to create a safe environment for people of different sexes‚ races‚ sexual orientation‚ religions‚ and classes‚ and to provide an equal learning environment for all by limiting the freedom of speech. Speech codes limit freedom of speech to prevent serious harm to students on college campuses. The First
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In the debate over whether speech codes should be enforced or not on university campuses‚ the opponents conclude that university’s should not enforce a hate speech code because it impedes academic freedom. On the other side of the debate‚ the supporters conclude that it is a university’s responsibility to enforce hate speech code for an equal education opportunity. In this essay‚ I will conclude that hate speech should be regulated by a code enforced by the university because of the protection it
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Fix: Speech Codes on College Campuses Beginning in the 1980’s and going strong into the early 90’s‚ speech codes on college campuses restricted the radical words that initiated protests by students‚ faculty‚ and staff members. Limitations defined by college administrators controlled the context and content of what its affiliates could say freely in the jurisdiction of the campus. In spite of this‚ outraged students demanded that their First Amendment rights be protected and took their colleges’ speech
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Abstract: The main aim of this research paper is to directly observe and examine the way American College students perceive the notion of race on college campuses and how they believe it can be used to a persons advantage or disadvantage. I used two different kinds of research in this paper; interviews among 4 students from 4 different universities across the United States to provide a deep and personal understanding of the topic and by surveying in an open-ended questionnaire 10 American students
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On college campuses today‚ there is a lot of violence. Violence occurs for many reasons‚ its unfortunate but true. One of the main reasons that violence accurs is because 90 percent of violence on college campuses is alcohol related. That is one of the many reasons why violence occurs. There have been reports of increased violence on U.S. college campuses since the early 1980s. Alcohol-related problems have included vandalism‚ fighting‚ injuries‚ and rape. However‚ as in the past‚ crime on
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have been happening on college campuses for years. Parents and students have become increasingly worried about the safety on campuses. The dangers on college campuses have been growing over the past few years with the increasing number of crimes ranging from theft to murder. The Virginia Tech shootings back in April 2007 got many people looking at the safety procedures that colleges are taking to protect the students from something like that happening again. Of course no college can guarantee a safe
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