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But free speech is supposed to mean that even ideas history that are not popular or even well regarded can be spoken without an institutional or governmental consequence. True, institutions are within their legal rights in going above and beyond the requirments of the government. However, we should be careful that their is a good reason every time we suppress speech. Here, the only reason seems to be that the university dislikes their criticism and would rather silence them than address it. Kevin, Undergraduate, at 4:35 am EST on February history 15, 2006 Mark, First of all, sexual harassment isn’t a crime. (Though an employer can be subject to civil liability for it.) Second of all, I don’t think that criminal law has any bearing. You mentioned constitutional issues and any such restrictions don’t apply to private institutions. Third, Syracuse may have breached a contract to its students by not telling them, with specificity, what conduct was prohibited (if I ran it, I would prohibit all negative communication about any faculty or staff-member on pain of expulsion, but most schools don’t share my vision) and by now following their own disciplinary procedures.
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