{"id":24301,"date":"2014-04-25T10:59:13","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T20:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=24301"},"modified":"2021-11-01T11:19:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T21:19:24","slug":"uh-statement-on-free-speech-suit-against-uh-hilo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/04\/25\/uh-statement-on-free-speech-suit-against-uh-hilo\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> statement on free speech suit against <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/uh-hilo-sign.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/uh-hilo-sign.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"292\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-24300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/uh-hilo-sign.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/uh-hilo-sign-260x189.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> was informed that two students at <a href=\"http:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/a> filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court alleging that the university violated their free speech rights on campus. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/offices\/eaur\/docs\/Burch_v._UH.pdf\">Download the entire complaint<\/a> <br \/>(<small>6.4 MB PDF<\/small>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The university has issued the following statement in response to the lawsuit:<\/p>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> is committed to free expression and the open exchange of ideas.<\/p>\n<p>This case involves the application of specific policies on one of our campuses that were implemented to protect those values while preserving the educational environment for all students. The policies were developed in a manner completely independent of any specific viewpoint, perspective or content.<\/p>\n<p>The university has initiated a review of the policies involved and the manner in which they were enforced. We will make any changes that are needed to ensure that free expression and First Amendment rights are fully protected on that campus and throughout the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> System.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> was informed that two students at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court alleging that the university violated their free speech rights on campus. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193,28],"tags":[14,947],"class_list":["post-24301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","category-governance","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24301"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151031,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24301\/revisions\/151031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}