Student Faces Suspension For Spamming Profs

edmicman sends word of a Fox News report about a Michigan State University student who is facing suspension for bulk emailing a number of professors at the university about a proposed change to the school calendar — an e-mail that the university is labeling spam. The article contains links to a copy of the original email, the allegations against the student, and the university's Email Acceptable Use Policy. The student, Kara Spencer, asked a Philadelphia rights organization, FIRE, to get involved. The article quotes the FIRE defense program director: "The fact that MSU is considering punishment of Spencer simply for exercising her right to contact selected faculty members by e-mail shows a disturbing disregard for students' freedom of expression. ... Threatening a member of the student government with suspension for sending relevant, timely e-mails to faculty members is outrageous." Spencer is awaiting the school's judgement after a hearing, and vows to take to the courts if suspended.

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Re:That brings up an interesting question...1984sh

[HungryHobo]

You're right!

For centuries everyone knew what "marriage" meant, and what it didn't mean.
For centuries everyone knew marriage was simply a union between 2 people.

Then bigots twisted the meaning of the word to prevent people who love each other from getting married!

http://www.drizzle.com/~slmndr/salamandir/pubs/irishtimes/opt3.htm

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/1998/0811/98081100088.html

Look to history! The church used to give their blessing to gays!

Now to point out that this is way way way off topic and we should both be modded down to get this drivel off the page.