Discuss “Letter to the Editor”

The latest Tartan Editorial Board piece, ?I wasn?t using my academic rights, anyway,? highlights the confusion surrounding the proposed amendment to the University?s ?Students? Rights? policy that the Academic Affairs Committee presented to Student Senate and Vice-Provost for Education Indira Nair in early October. This effort has come under heavy criticism by some who have misunderstood the spirit behind it. Although the issue of academic freedom is a loaded one, sensationalizing the Committee?s intentions is not beneficial to the goal of helping students. All of us seek to ensure that students are not discriminated against in the classroom for their views, while preserving the ability of professors to shape the intellectual environment that...