Groups gathered to protest Milo Yiannocpoulos in Boulder, Colo. on January 25, 2017. <\/p>\n
Groups gathered to protest Milo Yiannocpoulos in Boulder, Colo. on January 25, 2017. <\/p>\n
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Colorado is breaking new ground in the topic of free speech on college campuses. Gov. Hickenlooper signed a bill that bans restricting areas for free speech on college campuses last Tuesday. <\/p>\n
Currently at UCCS, University Spokesman Tom Hutton, said free speech is allowed anywhere on campus. <\/p>\n
However, students are required to schedule a protest for a certain space, and wait for approval before anything can happen. <\/p>\n
Some students voiced their concerns that the form is an unnecessary convenience. <\/p>\n
\"I understand the University is concerned with how the protests may be viewed and how everything will go down,\" said Josh French, a freshman at UCCS. \"Doing that slight disservice of waiting a week to fill out the papers, can severely inhibit the topic.\" <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Others disagreed stating dedicated areas to protest are helpful to students. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\"I'd much more prefer to have it in a designated area,\" said Brian McFadden. \"I mean if you're walking to class now, you might have to walk through protests potentially.\" <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Keep in mind: scheduling a protest will not go away at UCCS once this law goes into effect. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\"If you have to fill out a form to practice free speech, that's not free speech,\" said John Schavey, a senior at UCCS. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
CU officials said they've worked closely with the bill sponsors and made it clear there won't be big changes to CU-Boulder or CU-Denver. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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