Censorship at Marquette University

GOP3.com and The Marquette Warrior have reported that a student in the College of Dentistry has been suspended for negative remarks he made regarding one of his professors, of whom is unnamed, on his personal blog. This is a censorship at its worst.

Back in late-October 2005 I reported how a student at Duquesne University was suspended by campus officials for an ‘offense’ statement he posted on his Facebook blog in regards to a protest he made over the formation of the gay/straight alliance at the university and refused to remove it when officials demanded he do so along with a public apology. This is hardly a new trend for college universities. Remember when Marquette University officials nearly had a heart attack over the Adopt a Sniper fundraising campaign the College Republicans put together? The decision of the Marquette Dental School Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Denis Lynch, is just the latest example of this. Who is to say, taking into account the story of the student who was suspended for comments he made on Facebook, that DogEars, a website set up on which students can review their professors and evaluate the courses they have taken, will be safe in the future?

I intend on sending an e-mail to Denis Lynch for a comment in regards to this event and I would suggest that the rest of the student body at Marquette University, if they care at all about their right to free speech, do the same.