Since 1795, students of the University of North Carolina have aggressively used First Amendment rights and frequently petitioned our school for redress of grievances.
And our unique public university perspective on state action and prior restraint has often encouraged debate on what exactly qualifies as the abridgement of speech on our campus.
The ongoing Youth for Western Civilization debacle has shed more light on the subject.
We’ve seen the good, the bad and the ugly as this issue has run its course.
