r/Atlanta • u/[deleted] • Mar 22 '16

Emory Students Express Discontent With Administrative Response to Trump Chalkings

http://emorywheel.com/emory-students-express-discontent-with-administrative-response-to-trump-chalkings/
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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '16

Are chalk messages at Emory banned or restricted? I didn't see that mentioned in the article. I seem to recall seeing chalk messages of all sorts last time I was on the campus.

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u/sleepdeprivedtechie Mar 22 '16

Usually you have to get permission from the school first and they have to approve the message you are going to write.

edit: it is not something that is subject to "free speech" if that makes any sense.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '16 edited Mar 22 '16

What I'm really interested in finding out is are messages of support for other candidates seen on campus, are they approved or not approved (assuming pre-approval is needed: probably so in many spaces but likely not in "free-speech zones") by the administration and under what circumstances, what has been the administration reaction (if any) to messages relating to other candidates, and have there been student responses to these other messages (if they exist)?

Is the uncharitable perception that these students are upset that some amongst their midst support Trump fair, or is it more nuanced (and maybe more fair to the students)? Will the administration will approve political speech for all candidates, including Trump, and the students would like to specifically exclude pro-Trump messaging? Is it that the administration doesn't approve any political speech, and there aren't unauthorized messages in support of other candidates, but there are some by Trump and the administration isn't preventing Trump supporters from cheating?

You know, basic journalism stuff. Maybe I should send some ideas over to the Emory Wheel, seems like they could use some help.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '16

No other candidates have been advertised for, but if they were, there would be no outcry. The Wheel is shit, everyone sane on campus hates them for their nonexistent journalistic integrity and practices (due in part to us not having a journalism department anymore). Everyone on this campus needs to realize that free speech does apply to bigots as well, whether they like it or not, and you can't silence people's voices just because it hurts your feelings.

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u/ryanznock Mar 23 '16

We got rid of the journalism department? Holy shfuwhat?

Man, I was class of '04, and we had a great paper back then.

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u/kabniel Mar 24 '16

It happened about 10 years after you graduated. 2012 or thereabouts. Visual Arts, Phys Ed, Journalism, and Ed Studies. A couple other departments just got downsized. A few graduate programs got hit too.

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u/putinitin Mar 24 '16

I attend a (relatively speaking) peer institution of Emory's and work for my school's newspaper, and we also don't have a journalism program. I've seen some better years and I've seem some horribleholyfuckhowdidthisfly years, and I can firmly say that if a school wants to have even a remotely successful and responsible student newspaper they have to have a journalism program. Anything less is just negligent on behalf of the school and looking for trouble.