Free Speech Content

What are the Limits of Free Speech?

Karen Michele Nikos — July 30, 2024 - 4:13pm

The right to free speech is part of our American identity, but what if some forms of speech use this idea of freedom against us? Increasingly, certain forms of speech — hate speech and disinformation in particular — threaten our society and the many freedoms we might take for granted.

UPDATED: Controversial, Student-Led Event Goes On As Planned

Cody Kitaura — March 14, 2023 - 8:47pm

Updated March 30: Both subjects who were arrested are not affiliated with 51�ԹϺ�� Davis. The Yolo County district attorney’s office has filed charges on both for threats on a police officer, conspiracy to commit vandalism, vandalism and resisting arrest.

Chancellor May Comments on March 14 Student-led Event

Dave Jones — March 14, 2023 - 10:22am

University of California, Davis, Chancellor Gary S. May addresses distress within the campus community over a student-led event tonight (March 14) organized by Turning Point USA (TPUSA) at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis. He notes that TPUSA, as a registered student organization, has the right to reserve university facilities and invite speakers of their choice, and that the university faces a heavy burden under 51�ԹϺ�� policy to deny such requests over concerns of violence.

Experts: Free Speech Protections Apply to All

Cody Kitaura — March 14, 2023 - 9:22am

The nation’s laws around free speech aren’t perfect, but they beat the alternative of letting the government decide what can and can’t be said, experts said last week at a town hall on campus.

“It's a deeply flawed system,” Michelle Deutchman, executive director of the University of California National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement, said of the First Amendment. “And yet I am hard-pressed to find a better example of how we should do things.”

TODAY: Town Hall on Free Speech

Cody Kitaura — March 07, 2023 - 2:00pm

AS51�ԹϺ��D President Radhika Gawde has been added as a co-moderator for the 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Campus Town Hall on Free Speech at Public Universities, happening today (March 7).

Free Speech Town Hall to Be Held March 7

Cody Kitaura — February 21, 2023 - 2:10pm

The campus community is invited to a March 7 town hall to discuss the role and responsibilities of public universities in supporting free speech. The 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Campus Town Hall on Free Speech at Public Universities, including a panel discussion, will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, in the multipurpose room of the Student Community Center.

Guest Chancellor to Address ‘Free Speech on Campus’

Dave Jones — September 25, 2018 - 2:07pm

How can a university provide a supportive, nondiscriminatory, inclusive learning environment while still protecting free speech? 51�ԹϺ�� Irvine Chancellor Howard Gillman tackled that question in a recent book, and he will come to 51�ԹϺ�� Davis next week to discuss the topic in a public lecture (it will also be livestreamed).

AT A GLANCE

WHAT: Free Speech on Campus with Howard Gillman, chancellor, 51�ԹϺ�� Irvine