The Huffington Post recently named DePaul as the fifth worst university for free-speech in the U.S. The Post article referenced an event that occurred on campus last year when a conservative student group had their display vandalized by a liberal group.
Naturally, this lead to quite the controversy among DePaul students and administrators. After reading a student blog and a Fox News report on the incident, it became clear that this issue is still alive and that it’s not just a difference of Opinions fueling the fire.
The conservative group, Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), was given approval by the school administration to put up flags around the quad as an anti-abortion demonstration on the anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision. The liberal student group members were not given permission to have their own demonstration, but rather saw an opportunity to “start a