The Chicago Tribune reports:
Should students and professors at the University of Illinois face discipline for attending a political rally on campus?
That question was hurled at the university and state ethics offices Friday morning–adding fuel to a growing controversy over political activity at the state’s public universities.
The University of Illinois has sparked outrage by telling faculty, staff and graduate students that a 5-year-old state law designed to prevent state workers from campaigning for candidates on state time or with state resources meant they could not express support for candidates or parties through pins, T-shirts or bumper stickers while on campus. Nor could they attend any political rally or event on campus, the administration said.
