Word: coded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seriously doubt that my teaching fellow is all that squeamish about sex; he was simply handing down the unwritten code of his superiors on the Human Subjects Committee...
...anti-harassment code, in other words, is protection of the free exchange of diverse ideas for the purpose of learning from them. The staff position agrees with this assertion, in part, by admitting that private harassment is clearly prohibited by the constitution. Yet the staff position ignores that public speech can harass in as injurious a fashion as private speech. Imagine rallies in the Yard calling for a certain group to leave. Imagine students wearing t-shirt bearing racial epithets...
What idea is communicated in an epithet? Banning the malicious use of hateful expressions does not limit the free exchange of ideas. The Emory code specifically states, "nothing in this policy statement is intended to limit the scholarly content of written or oral presentations...
...private institution, Harvard does not have to worry about the Supreme Court's approval. Harvard should, however, learn a lesson from the recent Supreme court decisions and create a code which makes a careful distinction between speech that is meant to harass and incite violence...
...University should emulate the Emory code by simultaneously asserting the importance of academic freedom as well as the need for an educational environment in which that freedom can be enjoyed...