A little late for my taste but better late than never.
Hopefully, the Police will hold their ground on this...
University of Missouri police warn students against disruptive protests
By MATTHEW SANDERS
Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 2:00 pm Comments (5)
Officials at the University of Missouri are no longer allowing protests that disrupt campus operations.
MU police told a group of 15 student protesters Wednesday that they would face arrest or student discipline proceedings if their protests disrupted university business.
they went from the Student Center to Jesse Hall, said the university decided to start enforcing an existing policy against disruptions after receiving complaints from people on campus about past protests.
MU spokeswoman Mary Jo Banken cited Chapter 110 of the UM System’s Collected Rules and Regulations, which says the university can “set reasonable time, place and manner restrictions” on all meetings to prevent “interference with the right of students to obtain an education.”
Weimer said the university wants to balance free speech with employees’ rights to do their jobs without disruption.
The student protesters were part of a day of action against racism and student debt coordinated by the Million Student March. The nationwide protest sought tuition-free public college, cancellation of all student debt, a $15 minimum wage for all campus workers and divestment from private prisons by all higher education institutions.
Protest members could not be reached for comment by deadline.
Interim Chancellor Hank Foley, who was in Rolla for a meeting of the Board of Curators, said university leaders might have been unsure how to handle protests in the fall. UM System President Tim Wolfe resigned Nov. 9 after weeks of protests by the group Concerned Student 1950 over race issues.
Foley said he spent the past semester meeting with law school experts about how to handle protests, and they came to a consensus.
“We really need to have guardrails on some of the activities we were having,” Foley said. “I certainly heard from a lot of people who have found these protests to be scary or frightening.”
As an “old academic,” Foley said the protests did not disturb him, but he understands how some workers and students would be bothered by loud protests.
A statement issued last month by MU’s Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Protests, Public Spaces, Free Speech, and the Press said the university may restrict expression under certain circumstances.
Weimer said the demonstrators Thursday were respectful and listened to police commands to not conduct loud protests indoors.
Hopefully, the Police will hold their ground on this...
University of Missouri police warn students against disruptive protests
By MATTHEW SANDERS
Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 2:00 pm Comments (5)
Officials at the University of Missouri are no longer allowing protests that disrupt campus operations.
MU police told a group of 15 student protesters Wednesday that they would face arrest or student discipline proceedings if their protests disrupted university business.
they went from the Student Center to Jesse Hall, said the university decided to start enforcing an existing policy against disruptions after receiving complaints from people on campus about past protests.
MU spokeswoman Mary Jo Banken cited Chapter 110 of the UM System’s Collected Rules and Regulations, which says the university can “set reasonable time, place and manner restrictions” on all meetings to prevent “interference with the right of students to obtain an education.”
Weimer said the university wants to balance free speech with employees’ rights to do their jobs without disruption.
The student protesters were part of a day of action against racism and student debt coordinated by the Million Student March. The nationwide protest sought tuition-free public college, cancellation of all student debt, a $15 minimum wage for all campus workers and divestment from private prisons by all higher education institutions.
Protest members could not be reached for comment by deadline.
Interim Chancellor Hank Foley, who was in Rolla for a meeting of the Board of Curators, said university leaders might have been unsure how to handle protests in the fall. UM System President Tim Wolfe resigned Nov. 9 after weeks of protests by the group Concerned Student 1950 over race issues.
Foley said he spent the past semester meeting with law school experts about how to handle protests, and they came to a consensus.
“We really need to have guardrails on some of the activities we were having,” Foley said. “I certainly heard from a lot of people who have found these protests to be scary or frightening.”
As an “old academic,” Foley said the protests did not disturb him, but he understands how some workers and students would be bothered by loud protests.
A statement issued last month by MU’s Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Protests, Public Spaces, Free Speech, and the Press said the university may restrict expression under certain circumstances.
Weimer said the demonstrators Thursday were respectful and listened to police commands to not conduct loud protests indoors.
