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 Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 4:09 am Post subject: Princeton Students Pass "Academic Bill of Rights"! |
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Well...knock me over with a feather! Nice to see my contributions to David Horowitz and his fine organization reaping some dividends. But PRINCETON?!!!! Holy cow...I mean, whoulda thunk?!!!
BZ! to the Tigers and David Horowitz!
| Quote: | Referendum's success comes as a surprise
By Brett Amelkin
Princetonian Senior Writer
Tha Daily Princetonian
Thursday, April 27, 2006
In the wake of yesterday's passage of the Student Bill of Rights, both liberals and conservatives students on campus have been left scratching their heads, asking themselves a simple question: How did this happen?
Few observers — including those who proposed the bill — expected the undergraduate body to approve the measure in this weekend's referendum after opposition groups launched a campaign to sink it. Indeed, the bill passed with a slim majority, with 51.8 percent of students voting in favor.
"We thought [the vocal opposition] was going to be the kiss of death for it," said College Republicans president Alexander Maugeri '07, who is also an associate editor for The Daily Princetonian.
The bill, known commonly as the SBOR, was crafted by the College Republicans, and is loosely based on conservative author David Horowitz's academic and student bills of rights, to promote "academic freedom and intellectual diversity within the University community." The SBOR outlines principles for removing ideology from student grading, classroom discussions, professor hiring and the selection of campus speakers.
The effort, while marketed as a nonpartisan endeavor, immediately took on a partisan flavor when the College Republicans lined up in support of the bill and the College Democrats in opposition of it.
Daily Princetonian - cont'd |
...and from FrontPageMag.com...
| Quote: | Princeton Student Bill of Rights - Friday, April 28, 2006 8:28 AM
Students at Princeton have won a historic victory for academic freedom. The College Republicans led by Alex Maugeri submitted a Student Bill of Rights based on the Academic Bill of Rights as a referendum to the entire student body. It won a 51% majority despite a somewhat hysterical opposition. In doing so Alex and the College Republicans demonstrated that a student bill of a rights on academic freedom is an idea whose time has come.
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