Michigan: Students want university to define hateful speech

by E Wayne Ross on February 23, 2008

Detroit Free Press: Students want university to define hateful speech

The Michigan State University Student Assembly voted Thursday to ask the administration to define the difference between free speech and hate speech.
Advertisement

The issue is expected to be discussed today when the university’s Board of Trustees meets.

MSU President Lou Anna Simon has been adamant that free speech is “at the heart of academic freedom.”