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Observer Staff Report | Monday, November 25, 2019
Notre Dame student senate passed a resolution in a special meeting Monday condemning hate speech in wake of recent protests on campus. The operative clause of the resolution read: “Resolved, the Student Senate condemns all hate speech, discrimination, or ill will done to any member of our Notre Dame family and calls upon the Notre
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, November 20, 2019
To the Notre Dame community, We write on behalf of the End Hate at ND movement, a coalition of students who oppose the institutionalized divisiveness evident in the culture of our University. In the early hours of Sunday morning, we held a peaceful protest in Stanford Hall, the location of a targeted hate speech incident
Mary Steurer | Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Encouraging colleges and universities to defend free speech on their campuses, former national ACLU president Nadine Strossen spoke on her new book, “HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech” in a lecture Tuesday night in Jenkins-Nanovic Halls. Strossen opened by saying she believes free speech on college campuses is under threat. Institutions are
Gabriel Niforatos | Tuesday, October 30, 2018
I am angry. Over the course of my columns for The Observer, I have tried to be as agreeable as I can possibly be to both sides of the political aisle, in terms of allowing and encouraging dialogue between them. That being said, I am a journalist and I have the privilege of free speech
Nicole Caratas | Monday, November 23, 2015
When Saint Mary’s junior Maranda Pennington came home to a message written in permanent marker on her white board that told her to “leave” and contained a homophobic slur, she posted the message on Facebook with a caption saying she would stand her ground. “You not only attacked my identity but my right to exist openly on