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...highly controversial decision this spring, Brown University officials expelled a student for shouting racist, anti-Semitic and anti-gay epithets at an undergraduate in a nearby window. At other schools, such as Stanford University, a resolution was passed prohibiting similar types of "hate speech," or speech that is deemed intolerant of others...
...response to both Kerrigan's flag and the University's stance on the issue, several other students became involved in a symbolic free speech debate. Cabot House resident Timothy P. McCormack '91-'92 hung a Confederate flag in his dorm room window as a sign of support for Kerrigan's right to hang the flag, while Cabot House resident Jacinda T. Townsend '92 counteracted by hanging a swastika from her dorm room window, in an attempt to stretch University policy to such a limit that it would eventually ban such offensive symbols...
...LATE FEBRUARY, as the Gulf War was winding down, Bridget Kerrigan '91 hung a Confederate battle flag out her Kirkland House window. Cabot House resident Tim McCormack '91 followed suit with a Southern Cross of his own. An outraged Jacinda Townsend '92 responded by hanging a swastika with the words "Racism--No?" out her window...
...spring council's few heated debates took place in March, when the council voted to release a statement about the Confederate flag Bridget Kerrigan '91 hung from her Kirkland House window. Although the flag controversy sparked fierce campus debate, it had become an old issue by the time the council considered taking a stand, and Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 had already issued a statement voicing the administration's standpoint...
That is why Minter feels groups like AWARE still have such an important role in college life. And that is why she lobbied the group to act when a Kirkland House senior flew a Confederate flag out her dormitory window this February...