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Re:President Daniels responds to Chinese student's harassment by Larrikin on Friday December 17, 2021 @10:46AM (#29593729)
Even a public university can decide what they want to do when it comes to punishment for students they admit. You aren't owed an explanation no matter how much you pretend on the internet to care.
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Re:President Daniels responds to Chinese student's harassment by fallingknife on Friday December 17, 2021 @10:52AM (#29593833)
A public university has to respect the constitutional rights of it's students though. So there would be very strong legal protection for pro China students.

Edit: actually not sure if they are foreign nationals. Maybe someone knows if same applies?

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Re:President Daniels responds to Chinese student's harassment by nouveaux on Friday December 17, 2021 @11:47AM (#29594698)
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The issue is of harassment and continued education at Purdue; not constitutional rights. It sounds like the pro China students were harassing Zhihao Kong. Purdue can decide what constitute harassment. 100% it's part of of every contract the student signs and agrees to as a part of their acceptance.

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Re:President Daniels responds to Chinese student's harassment by gameswithgo on Friday December 17, 2021 @11:24AM (#29594328)
People have no problem bending the rules to punish people swiftly if it benefits them. It is only when it would be painful to do the right thing that people insist on their legal limitations.
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Re:President Daniels responds to Chinese student's harassment by jakeinspace on Friday December 17, 2021 @11:29AM (#29594396)
The student's citizenship makes no difference legally when it comes to First Amendment privileges.
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Re:President Daniels responds to Chinese student's harassment by ivalm on Friday December 17, 2021 @11:47AM (#29594692)
> constitutional rights

This is a false statement. The only regulation here is title VI and title IX. The administration of a public university is not legally part of the government.

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Re:President Daniels responds to Chinese student's harassment by stale2002 on Friday December 17, 2021 @06:27PM (#29599576)
> The administration of a public university is not legally part of the government.

Nope, you are wrong. There have literally been supreme court cases about free speech rights of students.

And yes, the supreme court has found that it is possible for a public school to break the 1st amendment rights of students.

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