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DePauw, Indiana, Notre Dame and Purdue universities were included in the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s latest survey results.

Ken Falk, the organization’s legal director, said Thursday the policy, which prohibits expressive activity between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., is “overly broad and violates the First Amendment.”

SEA 202 requires faculty to teach “intellectually diverse” ideas in the classroom. If they don't, their tenure could be in jeopardy.

Doctoral student Bryce Greene and Germanic Studies professor Ben Robinson are accused of violating IU’s new Expressive Activity Policy, which, in part, prohibits protests between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

Last month, the IU Board of Trustees passed a new “expressive activities” policy after criticism of the university’s handling of antiwar protests in the spring. The policy prohibits protests between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.

This week on Noon Edition, we’ll talk with experts on freedom of speech, policy, and higher education about assembly and protest policies on college campuses.

Trustee Jeremy Morris teased the new policy at the June 13 Board of Trustees meeting. He told the Board it needed time to consult with stakeholders but had to act fast to get it passed before August.

The actual Dunn Meadow policy — the one passed in 1969 — contains no reference to ad hoc committees or permission needed for overnight structures. What’s written on an IU website isn’t in fact a policy at all.

Planned Parenthood sued Indiana in 2017 over a state law that banned it and its staff from informing minor patients about abortion laws in other states.

Mosab Hassan Yousef, a former informant for Israeli security agencies and relative of one of Hamas’s co-founders, was to headline the IU Hillel event.