Conservative student group wins free speech battle against university
March 3, 2017
By Victor Skinner
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ALLENDALE, Mich. – Grand Valley State University recently settled a lawsuit with a conservative student group who alleged the college restricted student speech to “two small speech zones” on campus.
University officials announced the settlement with Turning Point USA at Grand Valley State University on Wednesday in which the school will cover $11,025 in legal fees and costs for the student lawsuit. GVSU also agreed to craft a new “Grounds and Facility Use Policy” that allows students to exercise their free speech rights anywhere on campus, Mlive reports.
The lawsuit stemmed from an Oct. 17 incident involving two founding members of the conservative student group, Joe Tucker and Tim McKeeby, who attempted to speak with classmates about free speech. Tucker and McKeeby started the conversation by asking students to write messages on a large beach ball they called a “Free Speech Ball” near Cook Carillon Tower, one of two “speech zones” on campus.
http://eagnews.org/conservative-student-group-wins-free-speech-battle-against-university/
