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U. will not be discipline students for controversial political opinions, Eisgruber notes

March 21, 2016Leave a commentDaily NewsBy wp-admin

With regard to his recent comment that the University will not penalize students for possibly holding an event commemorating Osama bin Laden, University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 explained that the University is committed to the principles of free speech and will not discipline any members of the University for their political opinions.

“We allow students, faculty and others the freedom to express their political opinions vigorously, even if those opinions are controversial or offensive to some,” he said

In an interview with The Indian Expresslast week, Eisgruber noted that in accordance with principles of free speech, the University will not discipline students even for potentially holding an event to commemorate Osama bin Laden.

Bin Laden claimed responsibility for carrying out the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, 2001 that took the lives of 2,977 people in New York City, Washington, D.C. and outside of Shanksville, Pa.

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