Unfortunately, the actions of students in 1503 can be considered interfering with the operation and discipline of the school. The court upheld that student expression could not be prohibited unless it “materially and substantially interfere with the requirements of appropriate discipline in the operation of the school.” When the parents took the case to court, the Supreme Court held that public high school students had first amendment rights, and ruled in their favor. The students persisted and were later suspended. Upon hearing of this, the principals of the schools created a policy stating children wearing the band would be requested to remove it immediately. Five students made plans to wear black wristbands in their public schools to protest the Vietnam War. Des Moines Independent Community School District. Student first amendment rights were first brought to the nation’s attention in the 1968 landmark court case Tinker vs. While hate speech is sure to be shut down, what of Facebook posts expressing controversial political views? What of blog essays expressing frustration at the academy itself?Īs high school students attending what is both a public educational institution and state agency, our first amendment rights are not crystal clear. And while such offense was undeniable, students across campus began to question the school’s role in intervention online.Īt the moment, it is not clear to students at what point the academy can prohibit their speech. Members of the staff and the students involved apologized to the communities affected. Even looking at it now, I still see it as a pride symbol, at least that’s what I wanted it to be,” he said. “If you find my post homophobic, is that saying more about me being homophobic, or are you the homophobe for finding it bad? To me, it very much is a symbol of pride. ‘We’re here, we’re queer.’ I see that some people may have took that a little poorly, but they don’t realize it is indeed the slogan for queer nation,” he said. It’s very hard for me to see that photo as homophobic in any way. “I have looked at the photo so many times and showed it to queer people.
“If you’ve ever heard of queer nation, their pride slogan is ‘we’re here, we’re queer, and we’d like to say hello.’ When I posted it, it was a little bit of a joke, but I was also really proud of the homosociality that is associated with 07,” he said.Īccusations that the image was homophobic have upset Lou. He claims the image supports the hall’s homosocial culture. “Being homosocial is generally just a culture that is very, very comfortable with close relations between people of the same gender,” he said.
We declared ourselves to be a homosocial hall,” he said. “Last year, we were joked around as the gay hall. Robert Lou (’17), who created the meme, explained the intention. Several students protested the accusations that “Homo7” was homophobic. Those who refuse will lose points for their hall in the upcoming competition. All students with fake theme profiles have been asked to remove them by Student Council and the Campus Activities Board. This mindset, whether it was the intent or not, is still being perpetuated by images like these.”Īlongside this, a slew of other hall representations were posted, including “Homo7” and “Erect04.” “Homo7” was labelled as inappropriate by some members of administration. There’s this quote by Angela Davis where she said, ‘History can’t be deleted like web pages are’. Not in the sense that there’s going to be a Klan meeting next, but in the sense that we are not respected here, and things like this are still happening. Sophomore student Tyler Fullilove (‘19), a member of residence hall 1506, took offense to the posts. The pictures were posted to the 1503 Facebook group, but were not public to all Facebook users.
After receiving white as their hall color, the students made “KKK03” and “White Supremacy03” posts. Unfortunately, two students of residence hall 1503 allegedly overstepped bounds with what was appropriate to post online. This year, the flow of “meme” themes was inevitable. In 2016, the campus saw “Salt05” and “Enviro2” emerge on their Facebook feeds.
With colors known across campus, halls are now ready to finalize their official theme and begin event planning.Įver since 1507’s legendary fake theme in 2015, “Tomato7,” students have carried on the tradition of “meme” themes for their halls.
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On Sunday night, February 5th, IMSA’s “Clash of the Halls” color reveal kicked off the much-anticipated event for a campus full of eager students.
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