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UTA Official: Residence Hall Signs (fwd)
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 15:58:08 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Tandy Warnow <tandy () cs utexas edu> Date: October 9, 2008 2:48:43 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Official: Residence Hall Signs (fwd) Dear Dave, You may wish to forward this to your list. Cheers, Tandy Tandy Warnow, Professor Department of Computer Sciences The University of Texas at Austin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 13:30:59 -0500 From: President <President () po utexas edu> To: "GroupMail distribution: A947EACD344D10DF4A": ; Subject: Official: Residence Hall Signs -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----The University's rule prohibiting the display of signs in students' residence hall room windows has been the subject of a great deal of discussion for the past few days. I am keenly aware that this prohibition is of intense concern to many members of the student body, as well as the larger community. I believe that the free expression of ideas is crucial to our educational mission, and that our rules should foster civil discourse and debate. I conclude, therefore, that this rule should be carefully reviewed with the participation of all constituencies in The University of Texas at Austin community, including students.
Effective immediately, I am suspending the prohibition on signs in individual students' residence hall room windows and any sanctions related to its enforcement. The rule will be removed today from the Division of Housing and Food Service's rules, and will be replaced with an interim regulation that expressly allows the display of signs and posters in students' residence hall room windows.
Juan Gonzalez, Vice President for Student Affairs, has kept me well informed on this issue. I have asked him to convene a committee composed of all major constituencies to discuss all aspects of the policy on residence hall room signs and make recommendations on any changes that need to be made. The interim rule allowing signage in individual students' residence hall room windows will remain in place until the committee issues its report and I act upon their recommendations.
William Powers, Jr. President -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iQCVAwUBSO5N5JVDMk6jFuzBAQGvHwQAjW+mLF7JleMkEadh9l+L++I4LvD7OI7Q Z/wEmOzOT/qBSeGUbliI6pQzUbJCxrAYKyUqFD8bCSNT5tcra/CSrJAPKaXweKj3 aGwPL9zj7fHpaMpNH1/Ykf1mrbrrBZcg4/2gx+DMVvGLUxAXhBkNs0IDFVGMTN/N OJ45DK4Sa4c= =Vva/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To determine the authenticity of this message, please see <http://www.utexas.edu/computer/security/keys.html>. ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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