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...CLUH points out that President Bok has established a very important precedent for the future of free speech at Harvard. Previously, the right of Harvard students to free expression has been nebulous, at best. The Free Speech Guidelines adopted by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on February 13 and May 15 of 1990 state only that "it is expected that when there is a need to weigh the right of freedom of expression against other rights, the balance will be struck after a careful review of all relevant facts and will be consistent with established First Amendment standards...
...Civil Liberties Union of Harvard has always been pleased by the fact that Harvard has never had a policy permitting disciplinary action against students who use controversial forms of speech. CLUH is further pleased by the decision of the Harvard administration to embrace students' right to free expression. We hope that in the future, no Harvard student will need to be apprehensive about expressing their beliefs and ideas, no matter how controversial they may be. Jol A. Silversmith '94 Assistant Director, CLUH...
Webb said he wanted to pursue legal action inthe incident. But Joshua E. Burstein '93, abystander at the protest and member of the CivilLiberties Union of Harvard (CLUH), said that hehad been informed by a civil liberities lawyerthat AALARM probably could not win in a lawsuitagainst Kinko...
...Burstein said CLUH believes that "everyoneshould have the right to copy everything anddistribute everything. Basic free speech alwaysapplies...
Although hastening to affirm that they do not agree with many of CLUH's viewpoints, members of other campus conservative organizations said yesterday that they appreciated the civil liberty group's joining forces with them to fight censorship at Harvard...