Officers at Southern Illinois College Edwardsville have agreed to pay $80,000 to settle a lawsuit introduced by Maggie DeJong, a graduate artwork remedy pupil, claiming the college violated her First Modification rights. The varsity ordered DeJong to haven’t any contact, even “oblique communication,” with three college students who complained that statements she posted on social media or made in classroom and casual discussions defending conservative or Christian positions have been “harassment” or “discrimination.” This included retweeting somebody commenting on the Jan. 6, 2021 riot on the U.S. Capitol who mentioned “We can’t destroy this nation like BLM riots!” The college additionally agreed that professors within the artwork remedy program would endure First Modification coaching and to revise the coed handbook to mirror that college students with various spiritual and political opinions are welcome in this system.
