St. Louis U - "Expel this kid"

[George K]

"Inappropriate behavior?"

Perhaps they should take a walk down fraternity row on a Saturday night.

Where they might have a case is in the fact that the poster had "SLU" on it, and they didn't give permission.

[Mik]

They should not be able to expel him even if it were on campus.

[Axtremus]

Looks like a private university.
https://www.slu.edu/about/index.php

It will come down to whatever contract or agreement that exists between the student and the university.

[Doctor Phibes]

It might also depend on what 'disrespectful and confrontational' means

[Jolly]

I'm sure they have trustees and donors...

[George K]

@doctor-phibes said in St. Louis U - "Expel this kid":

It might also depend on what 'disrespectful and confrontational' means

Supposedly there is video.

[Doctor Phibes]

@george-k said in St. Louis U - "Expel this kid":

@doctor-phibes said in St. Louis U - "Expel this kid":

It might also depend on what 'disrespectful and confrontational' means

Supposedly there is video.

I'm guessing this was a massive and stupid over-reaction on the part of some of the more puritanically liberal members of the university, but you never know.

The fact that 'puritanically liberal' isn't an oxymoron is highly depressing.

[Axtremus]

The article linked in the opening post has this statement:

"SLU officials claimed that due to the disciplinary status of the College Republicans chapter, the student organization could not post any promotional materials on-or-off campus."

So it looks like it's the "College Republican chapter" in SLU was already in some special "disciplinary status" that prohibits them from posting promotional material, and this student, a member of the chapter, was posting promotional material for the chapter, leading to the incident being discussed in this thread.

[Axtremus]

@jolly said in St. Louis U - "Expel this kid":

I'm sure they have trustees and donors...

Public information:
https://www.slu.edu/about/leadership/board-of-trustees.php

[George K]

@axtremus could be.

They should lawyer up and address the legality of the organization's prohibition of posting things off-campus.

[Doctor Phibes]

A lot of these problems would go away if they lowered the drinking age to 18.

I had better things to get in trouble over when I was an undergraduate.

You need to decide - John Belushi or Ben Shapiro?

[Copper]

If he committed a crime off campus, nobody would complain if he was disciplined.

Is there any crime greater than advocating conservatism near a college campus?