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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Grand Valley State University says it has reached an agreement with a group of students who were suing the university, saying it unfairly restricted free speech on campus.
Attorneys for Turning Point USA filed the federal lawsuit in December after they said two members were told by university officials they couldn’t talk to other students about the First Amendment and have them write messages on a large beach ball because they weren’t standing in a campus Free Speech Zone. The attorneys said campus police and administrators threatened to arrest the local chapter members for trespassing if they didn’t stop their activities.
Turning Point USA attorneys also argued the university has too much control over the content of their free speech because GVSU officials have sole discretion to approve who uses the zones and for what purpose.
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