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ֱ Hot Topics page offers primers on today’s biggest campus rights issues

Curious about some of the hot-button issues related to campus free speech and due process but don’t know where to start?
鷡’s Hot Topics page is here to get you up to speed, featuring backgrounders on a number of ֱ-related topics. Now on our site, you can find short primers on:
- Microaggressions
- Free Speech Zones
- Due Process
- Sexual Harassment
- Hate Speech
- Title IX
- Affirmative Consent
So if you need a link to send that Facebook commenter who insists there’s a hate speech exception to the First Amendment (there isn’t), or if you’re wondering whether you can legally protest outside your public campus’ “Free Speech Zone” (you can), then head over to 鷡’s Hot Topics page today to learn more.
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