Discuss “Student Senator proposes addition to students' rights policy”

For students who feel ostracized in the classroom for their personal beliefs, a proposed University policy may assure them that their grades won't be affected.

At last week's Senate meeting, Long Pham, chair of the Academic Affairs committee of Student Senate, presented a new amendment he wants added to University Policy on student rights: "The third right of students is to be evaluated on the basis of their reasoned answers and appropriate knowledge of the subjects and disciplines they study, not on the basis of their personal beliefs."

According to Pham, a senior in business and history, the objective of the new text is to promote academic freedom.

"Many people feel the university is an academic environment in which academic freedom should...