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Episode 135: Michigan State University Student Faces Suspension for ‘Spam’ after E-Mailing Professors
In today's episode of FIREside Chats, Adam Kissel, Director of FIRE's Individual Rights Defense Program is joined by Kara Spencer, the MSU student government leader who faces suspension for "spam" after she e-mailed about 8 percent of the school's faculty members, encouraging them to express their views about changes to the freshman orientation and academic calendars.
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