Approximately 15 University 

of Michigan students gathered 
Thursday night in East Quad 
Residence Hall to participate 
in a roundtable bipartisan 
discussion on the importance 
and limitations of free speech 
on college campuses.

LSA 
sophomore 
Carlos 

Owens 
facilitated 
the 

discussion 
by 
asking 

participants questions relating 
to free speech — from campus 
to society as a whole. LSA 
senior Joshua Strup, president 
of 
the 
Michigan 
Political 

Union, which co-hosted the 
event, said he believes public 
universities should not be able 
to place limits on free speech 
on college campuses.

“Yes, on a private campus, 

whether it be the Ivy Leagues 
or religious institutions like 
Notre 
Dame 
or 
(Brigham 

Young University), you can 
have a code of conduct for your 
students that says, ‘We are a 
private institution; by coming 
here, you will follow this code 
of conduct to your speech,’ ” 
Strup said. “Whereas at the 
University, since it is a public 
institution, it’s funded by, and 
the constraints are placed 
by Congress, throughout our 
history, by all government-
funded 
institutions, 
the 

University has no place to say 
what is or not allowed, and 
quite frankly, the president 
needs to stay the hell out of it.”

Currently, the University 

has a free speech policy 
outlines 
the 
commitment 

to protect the freedom of 
expression of students and 
faculty.

The 
panel 
featured 

members 
from 
across 
the 

political 
spectrum. 
LSA 

junior William Presley said he 
believes there is no such thing 
as free speech, but merely 
speech 
that 
liberals 
find 

offensive.

“I take issue with the 

general use of the term ‘hate 
speech,’ ” said Presley. “There 
is no hate speech; there are 
only ideas. So there are some 
ideas that are not popular, 
that people don’t like, and 
they can call it hate speech, 
but in reality, speech is speech 
and we can’t ban something 
as hateful because we deem 
those ideas to be unpopular.”

However, 
not 
everyone 

agreed 
with 
Presley’s 

definition of hate speech: LSA 
junior Mateusz Borowiecki 
said it perpetuates harmful 
norms in society.

“We believe in certain 

things here. For example, 
we 
believe 
in 
not 

oppressing other groups 
with harmful speech and 
speech 
that 
reinforces 

existing hierarchies,” said 
Borowiecki. “So when we 
say we’re offended, it’s 
not saying my feelings 
are hurt, it’s saying that 
you’re 
saying 
speech 

perpetuating 
harmful 

hierarchies in our society.”

The 
group 
also 

discussed how President-
elect 
Donald 
Trump’s 

election will affect free 
speech and party polarity 
across the country in the 
upcoming years. Though 
the 
Michigan 
Political 

Union 
is 
a 
bipartisan 

group, only one student 
voiced support for Trump 
over the course of the 
meeting. However, LSA 
sophomore 
Weston 

Nicholson, 
co-chair 
of 

the American Enterprise 
Institute 
Executive 

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the recount changing the outcome 
for her campaign. The recount in 
Michigan was expected to cost 
from $2 million to $5 million. Stein 
gave less than $1 million, given the 
requirement to pay $125 for each 
precinct in the state. Individual 
counties would have had to 
provide the remaining funds to 
finish the recount.

At the rally Saturday, Green 

Party member Anita Bell tearfully 
explained the conditions of polling 
stations in Wayne County — where 
she said ballot boxes were secured 
by duct tape or made from trash 
cans.

Bell also criticized those who 

stated Detroit was expected to be 
disorganized, accusing them of 
discriminating against the city.

“We are not going to take that 

as an excuse,” she said. “Because 
some people have that racist idea 
that 
Blacks 
are 
incompetent, 

corrupt or both, and so they can’t 
get an election right. Hot mess. 
Hot mess.”

Stein 
said 
other 
problems 

Detroit had during the election 
included broken scanners and 
unsecure conditions at the polls. 
According to Stein, the U.S. 
Civil 
Agency 
estimated 
that 

communities of color are 900 
percent more likely to face election 
disturbances, such as a vote being 
misread or thrown away. 

In Detroit, 59 percent of votes 

were 
considered 
uncountable 

in the recount due to problems 
with the ballots and old voting 
machines.

“We need to count every vote 

and make sure every vote counts. 
And that means we have to put 
an end to this de facto Jim Crow 
election system,” Stein said.

Stein said she thought Clinton 

should have filed for a recount, 
acknowledging there was little 
chance Michigan would have 
turned out as a Green Party state. 
However, Trump only beat Clinton 

by a 10,704 votes in the state, so 
Clinton filing for a recount could 
have made a more significant 
difference.

Stein also criticized the two-

party presidential debates and said 
there was not much talk of policy 
and little variety for people to 
choose from.

In 
response 
to 
Michigan’s 

choice to end the recount, Stein 
said she hopes to continue working 
with Michiganders and the Green 
Party for more secure voting 
procedures.

In particular, she said she hopes 

to fight a recent bill passed in 
the Michigan House that would 
institute more extensive voter 
identification laws. According to 
the Detroit Free Press, a majority of 
Michigan Republicans supported 
the bill, arguing it would create 
more security and less fraud, while 
Democrats opposed the bill and 
said it discriminated against many 
in Detroit and Wayne County who 
vote without photo ID.

Pontiac resident Linda Hasson, 

holding a “Jim Crow is Alive in 
Michigan” sign, said she was 
concerned 
about 
the 
“gang 

mentality” in Michigan. She said 
many officials and residents in 
Michigan tend to fight for their 
own interests and not for the 
support of the state.

“I don’t have the money to hire 

an attorney for millions of dollars,” 
she said. “All I have is my vote.”

Green Party member Lou Novak 

said the local fight was over after 
the shutdown of the recount and 
he is now hoping to focus his work 
on Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. 
The future in Michigan, he said, 
is more uncertain, but he hopes to 
continue to secure voter safety in 
the state.

“We are trying to see (that the 

stricter voter ID law) isn’t passed 
by our governor, which will be 
a rather difficult fight given our 
political climate,” he said. “But 
also making sure other legislation 
are represented and addressing 
the issues that were raised during 
this recount.”

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