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Students practice free speech
Rachel Feinberg
Issue date: 10/23/07 Section: Campus News
Last Tuesday the Communication Club held a free speech event behind the EUC.
Along with a decent crowd were a couple booths set up with famous quotes and post-it notes. The post-its were for people to write down their ideas about free speech.
Participants wrote answers to a number of questions including "What is free speech?" "Does free speech equal ethical speech?" and "If you hear something you don't like, what do you do?"
There was also letter writing area where students were encouraged to write a letter to someone else, or to an organization, communicating freely. The club agreed to mail the letters, if the writers desired.
Dr. Marianne LeGreco, a professor in the Communications department and one of three faculty advisors for the Communication Club, was at the event making sure everything was running smoothly.
"We want to give everyone a chance to think about having the right to freedom of speech," said LeGreco of why the Club decided to hold the event.
Keeping to the topic of the event, the club decided to have the event in the former location of one of UNCG's now defunct "free speech zones," on College Avenue behind the EUC.
"This was a perfect opportunity for people to practice communication," LeGreco explained. "Free speech is a right and responsibility."
"We are hoping to give everyone an opportunity to speak their minds," said Kourtney Smith, vice president of the Communications Club.
"The outcome was a lot more than I expected," continued Smith. "Although I do wish more people would come because of their own free will instead of having to come because of class."
Along with a decent crowd were a couple booths set up with famous quotes and post-it notes. The post-its were for people to write down their ideas about free speech.
Participants wrote answers to a number of questions including "What is free speech?" "Does free speech equal ethical speech?" and "If you hear something you don't like, what do you do?"
There was also letter writing area where students were encouraged to write a letter to someone else, or to an organization, communicating freely. The club agreed to mail the letters, if the writers desired.
Dr. Marianne LeGreco, a professor in the Communications department and one of three faculty advisors for the Communication Club, was at the event making sure everything was running smoothly.
"We want to give everyone a chance to think about having the right to freedom of speech," said LeGreco of why the Club decided to hold the event.
Keeping to the topic of the event, the club decided to have the event in the former location of one of UNCG's now defunct "free speech zones," on College Avenue behind the EUC.
"This was a perfect opportunity for people to practice communication," LeGreco explained. "Free speech is a right and responsibility."
"We are hoping to give everyone an opportunity to speak their minds," said Kourtney Smith, vice president of the Communications Club.
"The outcome was a lot more than I expected," continued Smith. "Although I do wish more people would come because of their own free will instead of having to come because of class."
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