First Amendment Groups Set Sights on UT Dallas Amid Student Newspaper Strife

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First Amendment Groups Set Sights on UT Dallas Amid Student Newspaper Strife
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Free speech attorneys warn that UT Dallas is ignoring its 'constitutional obligations” by censoring student media.

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“It was something that the university can't really just brush under the rug,” Gutierrez said. “These are groups that are dedicated to the exact thing they're criticizing the university about, so we see that as something that's a boost to the struggle we've had this semester against campus administrators.” following the removal of Gutierrez as editor-in-chief by administrators.

“Sometimes, instead of just hearing from a student … It's best to hear from the attorneys from whom this advice came in the first place,” Gaston-Falk said. “This might just be the first step in making the demands that we did in our letter. I think that there's a lot more at play, perhaps institutionally, that needs to be addressed.”

“While we appreciate the efforts that's being put in, it's also a thing where the campus administrators in that working group haven't done much to expedite the process,” Gutierrez said. “We're over two months into it, and we're still debating who we want to consider to advise the working group. It hasn't even started doing anything substantial.” was set up on UTD’s Chess Plaza.

Last week’s letter marks the third time in two years that UT Dallas has received correctional correspondence from FIRE regarding free speech violations.of UT Dallas’ campus “spirit rocks,” large boulders that had been located on the school’s grounds since 2008 and were regularly decorated with messages by students. Following the start of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7, 2023, the rocks were decorated with competing pro-Palestine and pro-Israel paintings.

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