Miscellaneous

My god, I was this close to getting thrown out of school!

Over the weekend, I stumbled upon an article talking about my undergrad alma mater, Temple ("I could've gone anywhere, but I chose Temple" actually means "I could've gone anywhere, but I could afford Temple"). Seems that the Owls have been involved in a lawsuit over the school's sexual harassment policy, which has been in place since 1990. Christian DeJohn, a former Temple student, attacked the policy for being overbroad and susceptible to allowing the school to simply silence speech they disagree with. His lawyer said that the policy "is a speech code that has teeth and that chilled speech on campus."

And now the Third Circuit has said as much as well, upholding a lower decision that found the policy unconstitutional. The ruling doesn't hurt Temple much, since they instituted a new police last year. But it did make me realize how lucky I am.

This policy was in effect the whole time I was at Temple and, among other things, it prohibited "generalized sexist remarks and behaviour." I mean, Jesus Christ. I probably could've been kicked out of school twice a day under the policy had they ever tried to enforce it! By the grace of God, man, by the grace of God....

Full post as published by Quiz Law on August 13, 2008 (boomark / email).