According to the Defender, public universities must meet a high burden of proof to restrict off-campus speech, but if they can show that a particular piece of speech constitutes harassment or a threat or creates an unsafe or hostile learning environment for students, then that speech is not protected.

The Legion of Black Collegians submitted a request to make changes to the Code of Conduct regarding the use of racial slurs on campus. Choi wrote in an email about the situation with the racist propaganda that while the university condemned hate speech, it did not specifically denounce the posters displayed all over the campus.

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