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the Seahawk | NEWS | January 26, 2006 from FREE SPEECH page 1 school.” Universities are completely within their legal rights to try to prevent harassment of students,” said George Leef of the Pope Foundation. “But the Supreme Court said that for some conduct to count as harass ment, it has to be a pattern of behavior that is pervasive and so offensive that it prevents the person from being able to get an education.” UNCW does offer students use of free speech zones, which are areas of campus where policies involving student speech do not apply. Students who want to take advan tage of these zones must reserve them ahead of time. The school employs the general gov ernment idea of reasonable “time, place, and manner” to keep disruptions to a minimum. For example, directly in front of a building’s entrance is not a free speech zone. Flowever, the amphitheatre and the area in front of Randall Library are. But both FIRE and the Pope Foundation said this is not enough. Both cited a case at UNC-Greensboro, where students held a demonstration outside of free speech zones. When the administration reacted to punish the students, they sued the school for violat ing their First Amendment rights. The case has not come to a final verdict yet but UNCG did drop charges against the students. According to Leef, “The courts have found, no, you can’t do that. The entire uni versity is to be a free speech zone and not just some little part of it.” Both groups said UNCW needs to clarify the existing policy to resolve the problem. “What they need to do is make it clear that the prohibition is against conduct that amounts to harassment, or obviously worse,” Leef said. Harris said of the change in wording, “This appears to deal with conduct and not speech. It is still somewhat ambiguous, however the university should clarify that the word ‘behavior’ includes only conduct and not any expressive activity that would be protected by the First Amendment.” from PARKING page 1 4702 N. MacMillan Ave., which could provide around 175 new parking spaces for UNCW. University administration that was involved in the development of the new off-campus parking lot was not available for comment at press time. For updates on UNCW’s student parking situation, log on to The Seahawk’s website; www.theseahawk.org. (right) UNCW Corporation recently bought the Old Cinema 6 on Oleander Drive to make another park and ride lot. The lot is expected to add 337 parking spaces for commuting students. from GRANT page 1 fidentiality a top priority. Health records are kept separate from all other student records. “HIV is really the only one where there is extensive legislation,” Meyer said. According to the law the Student Health Center must notify the health department, council the per son and make sure their partner is informed of the positive test result. According to Meyer, failure to detect STDs early can have “very devastating results from infertility to death, which is why we are doing this. If you are going to be sexually active, take responsibility and get tested. We want to offer that service to students and to encourage students to come in and to talk to their partner about this,” he said. According to Canel, regular screenings for sexually active persons is about “more than looking at the student as an individual, but in how their behavior or the way students educate themselves about risk impacts the community locally, nationally, internationally. College students all over the world are very mobile and very bright and really do impact our future, and it is a nice way to impact your environs positively.” visit us online at: emiKt • ■ i “ ■ ■ Roberta Racine I THE SEAHAWK Know how to use it? Use it for us. We're looking for talented people with the desire to work for the Seahawk. Build your portfolio by becoming a photographer for YOUR student newspaper E-mail us at edltor@theseahawk.org or stop the the Student IVIedIa Office In the Burney Support Center. SfSIRAVEL.COM Join Amenta's # l Student Tour Operator ^ U 1VL ACAPULCO JAMAICA A’ A Cl UT) BAHAMAS FLORIDA Sj snmeNT TRAVEL SERVICES Don't be Left Behind, Book Today! 1-800-648-4849 / www.$tstravel.com Ladysmith Black Mambazo 2/21/06 Hubbard Street 2 3/18/06 Lectures UDcwpresents. Performances * Exhibits Experience the energy of the spring 2006 season amid a host of world music, amazing dance performances, and renowned speakers all at highly affordable prices! Tickets 962.3500 or UU Info Center www.uncw.edu/arts UNCW Division of student Affairs
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