Schools under fire for ‘free-speech zones’

Jen Young shares This CNN Story on so called Free-speech zones that began appearing on campuses in the 1980s as a way to allow expression without interrupting learning. But in recent years, students and activists say that limiting speech to a few designated areas is unconstitutional because it effectively bans speech everywhere else.

“Thirty-five thousand people and there’s these four small areas and that’s it,” said Jonathan Saenz, a law student and Pro-Life Cougars chairman. “It sent the message to the students that your speech isn’t that important.”