I highly recommend this school. I was there Monday, Nov. 10th. We were in California for my mother-in-law’s funeral and stopped in to see my son’s apartment in the honors dorm. There were political fliers all over the dorm windows and bulletin boards.

I asked my son about it. One of his roommates is an Obama supporter. Another was a Ron Paul supporter and he and the other roommate were McCain supporters.

He told me they could display political posters in their rooms as that was obviously their opinion and not that of the school’s.

If you have never visited the school. It is a remarkably beautiful place. Last year, my son’s room faced the ocean, right above the track oval. This year he is on the upper campus and though the common room faces the ocean his room doesn’t.

Still, there are deer which roam the grounds. The weather is nearly perfect. And the whole feel of the campus is good. Don’t let this one incident sour you on going.

According to Mr. Benton, Pepperdine allows free speech, including political, but cannot be seen as endorsing one particular candidate over another.

Apparently there was some flack with the school because Pepperdine faculty were used in the campaign for Prop 8, with the Pepperdine logo prominently displayed.

The school requested that all faculty who speak publicly about their personal political opinions do so without implying that Pepperdine endorses their position. If the Pepperdine logo is used, a disclaimer must be given saying that Pepperdine does not take official political positions in order to maintain neutrality.

Be prepared folks, it’s going to get ugly.
I will never submit, NEVER

…a College Republican group’s sign criticizing “Obama and Socialism” was banned on campus at Pepperdine University.

A caller on a talk show, today, talked of a woman who was accused of hate speech after she mentioned to coworkers that she had joined the NRA because of her fears of what is happening to our country.

These events are omens of what is about to happen us. Negative political speech will now be deemed “hate speech.” If you criticize the new administration, you are criticizing Obama, and the only possible reason you could have to be critical of THE ONE is because he’s black.

If you thought this election was bad, wait and see how many democrats accuse their opponents of engaging in hate speech during the next campaign.

They shoudl contact FIRE.

The girl said it took months to get approved. The Democrats got approved in two weeks.

Maybe it was the impact of freedom of speech hitting the ground at Pepperdine?

ajmontana said:

yep, big jolt 4.1 12 miles from Anza which is about 25-30 miles from here.
woke me up…. lol

AJ, which direction from Anza? I sort of know the area. Was in Temecula last Feb. Going back in June.

Hope nothing important got damaged.

(310) 506-4000
President Andrew K. Benton

Dear Mr. Benton,

As a person who is enrolling at Pepperdine next fall, I am sorely disappointed with the university today. I just found out that the College Republicans’ posters were banned from campus as they said something about “Obama and Socialism.” What is wrong with that? What is happening to our free speech?? I am so disgusted by this move that I am seriously rethinking my desire to pay Pepperdine a hundred thousand of my hard earned dollars (in order to attend). The main reason I chose Pepperdine University was because it is one of the last bastions of free thinking education – or at least I thought it was. I thought that Pepperdine University had been able to keep out the rotten and diseased ideas that infect most other universities in this country – ideas like prohibiting free political speech because it is not politically correct, or because some people are offended – because they disagree.

The whole point of the 1st Amendment is to protect ALL speech – especially political speech. The College Republicans have a constitutional right to place those signs on campus. I am sorry that some people are offended at the thought of Mr. Obama being connected to Socialism, but that is too bad. It was not a personal attack on him, but a political opinion, that your school has now stifled. Do you want to preside over the death of free speech on your campus? Do you want to have your name associated with this, preserved in the history books as the man who let the ideas of liberty and freedom die at Pepperdine University? Especially troubling is that the man who took the posters and forbade their presence, Don Lawrence, is the “Director of Intercultural Affairs” for Pepperdine University. What in the world is the Director of Intercultural Affairs doing prohibiting free political speech? What is his jurisdiction? Why does he have that power? Who gave it to him? Most importantly, is Pepperdine University trying to imply that those of us who believe – with very good reason – that Mr. Obama plans to implement Socialistic policies are somehow being culturally insensitive?

You have crossed the line into Orwellian territory Mr. Benton, or you have allowed it happen under your watch, and this does not bode well for your institution or reputation. I imagine many prospective students will be turned off of your school now, as will many alumni who donate large sums of money. I know I would never give money to my alma mater if I knew they were stifling free political speech, and I am wondering if I want to give my money now to be educated at a school that can so easily give up that right in order to placate the oppressive wordsmiths who tell us what we can or cannot say.

Director of Intercultural Affairs

Ha! That explains it all. Alumni, you’ve got work to do.

I have to agree with SandyB. The last time I saw Ben Stein, wobbly was my impression as well.

Apparently the Education Gestapo has taken over yet another school administration.

Where does it stop?