Trashing free speech: Oregon State Univ. piles student paper’s distribution bins next to dumpster

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September 30, 2009 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Trashing free speech:  Oregon State Univ. piles student paper’s distribution bins next to dumpster

ADF attorneys file suit against university officials
after independent newspaper targeted for discrimination

EUGENE, Ore. — Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Oregon State University officials on behalf of the OSU Students Alliance, a recognized student organization that publishes an independent student paper.  The paper, The Liberty, had its distribution bins–containing copies of the latest issue of the paper–confiscated without notice and thrown next to a dumpster by university officials, who claim they did so as part of an effort to beautify the campus.  The numerous distribution bins of the other student newspaper, The Daily Barometer, were left untouched.

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