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Dissent and Disruption / 1994
94.13 Coming to your campus soon: Mr. Khalid Abdul Muhammad, 186
94.44 Khalid Abdul Muhamed banned in Canada [[Freedom of expression in the United States andCanada compared], 233
94.51 Mental disorders and violence [accommodation required for disruptive student with mentaldisorder], 245
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Dissent and Disruption / 1995
95.30 Bomb threats [Harvard and Stanford continue to warn faculty members about opening suspiciouspackages; advice on tracing telephone bomb threats], 363.
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Dissent and Disruption / 1996
96.20 Freedom of expression and threats of violence [petulant and rude conduct distinguished fromthreat of violence; true threat requires serious expression of threat to harm; comparable ruling inUnited States v. Jake Baker regarding "fantasies on the Internet," 477.
96.40 Three cases on freedom of expression [public employee speech rights; "incitement to imminentlawless action"; restrictions on "harmful" adult materials; original Lovell case decision withdrawnby the Ninth Circuit], p. 535.
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Dissent and Disruption / 1997
97.8 The Supreme Court abortion ruling and campus dissent [Supreme Court upheld a lower courtorder creating fixed "buffer zones" around abortion clinics, but struck down order banningdemonstrating within fifteen feet of any person seeking access to or leaving clinics. The Court'sopinion can guide the creation and implementation of campus policies concerning freedom ofexpression, demonstrations, harassment, and disruptive or disorderly conduct], 577.
97.23 Gay rights and American exceptionalism [American "conservatism" has a revolutionary quality toit: Twelve states now give homosexuals legal protection against discrimination. Gay LesbianBisexual Alliance v. Pryor: The First Amendment does not "permit a State to forbid or proscribeadvocacy of the use of force or of law violation except where such advocacy is directed toinciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action"], 615.
97.48 "Taunting defiance," and the limits of the First Amendment [In Vivian Rice, et. al. v. The PaladinEnterprises Incorporated, the Fourth Circuit held that Palidan Press could be sued over a 1993triple murder committed by a man who used the publication Hit Man as a guide. The courtdistinguished between advocacy of lawless action, and conduct designed to aid and abet thecommission of a crime, with the intent the crime be committed], 670
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Dissent and Disruption / 1998
98.50 Fighting alcohol abuse: 1998 summary [recent data on nature and extent of alcohol abuse,especially early teen drinking; evolving strategies to control binge drinking; seniors pledge torefrain from the "fourth-year fifth" at the University of Virginia; Boston area colleges develop "53-point" plan to reduce student drinking; alcohol rioters appear to have little sustained peersupport], 804.
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