(Lack of) Free Speech on Iowa's Public Campuses

Deborah D. Thornton of the Iowa City Press-Citizen (Iowa City, Iowa) sheds light (reprinted in The Modern Whig Party) on the rigid speech restrictions imposed on students at Iowa's three Regent schools: the University of Iowa (UI), Iowa State University (ISU), and the University of Northern Iowa (UNI). Thornton exposes many of the red-light and yellow-light policies in force at these schools, including the unconstitutional "free speech zones" at ISU and UI, while noting the recent efforts of ISU students to eliminate these restrictive speech policies. Adam is also quoted in the article, discussing the importance of fighting disfavored speech with more speech of one's own rather than through government censorship and speech codes.