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Posted: October 31, 2017
Frank LoMonte, director of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, commented in the article “Windowpanes Without Messages” published in Inside Higher Ed on Aug. 25. The article focuses on the Ohio State University ban on decorations in dormitory windows. The decision prompted student ire and a First Amendment debate. LoMonte claims that if the ban was for safety or maintenance-related reasons, the university would be legally protected from charges of squelching freedom of expression. “If the university didn’t want political messages in people’s windows because it might offend passersby, that’s a…
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Tagged as: Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, First Amendment, Frank LoMonte