Dear
Colleagues,
We
at
University
Administration
are
now
prepared
to
issue
our
Academic
Freedom
guidelines
for
your
classes. As
you
know
from
last
year’s
memo,
we
in
administration
are
strong
advocates
of
free
speech
on
campus. With
some
guidance
from
us,
we
believe
you
will
feel
more
empowered
to
speak
your
mind,
with
proper
limits.
While
the
previous
provost,
president,
and
general
counsel
have
“resigned,”
we
assure
you
our
commitment
to
education
remains
steadfast. The
new
president
even
helped
draft
the
law
titled
“De-Woke
the
Campus
for
Academic
Freedom
Act.”
With
your
help,
we
can
ensure
the
campus
has
vibrant
and
open
discourse
about
subjects
that
do
not
matter
to
anyone.
REGULATIONS
FOR
THE
EMPOWERMENT
OF
TEACHING
Recording
Policy: Your
syllabus
must
read
as
follows:“Students
are
encouraged
to
record
my
class. Where
appropriate,
students
may
submit
my
class
session
to
administrative
officials
and
the
appropriate
Turning
Points
USA
chapter
and
to
the
Professor
Watchlist. Students
will
be
held
harmless
in
the
event
of
my
receipt
of
death
threats
or
wrongful
termination.”
Preferred
Names: Your
syllabus
must
read
as
follows:
“I
will
address
you
by
your
preferred
name,
so
long
as
it
has
nothing
to
do
with
LGBTQ+
issues
and
does
not
involve
transgender
identity. Thus,
if
you
are
Matthew,
I’ll
still
call
you
Matt,
if
you
want.”
Note:
We
don’t
want
to
make
Matt
uncomfortable. His
dad’s
a
donor.
Course
Names:
If
your
course
name
appears
controversial,
we
encourage
you
to
change
it. For
example,
if
you
teach
“Abortion
Law,”
please
consider
naming
it
“Abortion
is
Wrong
and
the
Law.” If
you
teach
“Family
Law,”
consider
naming
it
“Nuclear
Family
Law.”
Course
Topics:
Please
ensure
that
your
course
description
and
course
assignments
closely
match. Otherwise,
you
risk
disciplinary
action. For
example,
in
the
course
“Constitutional
Law,”
stop
assigning
the
dissent. That’s
just
some
liberal’s
view,
not
the
law. Also,
do
not
use
cases
that
relate
to
university
conduct,
as
the
Board
views
that
as
a
direct
threat.
Controversial
Topics: Please
avoid
controversial
topics. For
example,
if
you
teach
“International
Law,”
please
do
not
use
the
words
“war
crimes,”
“genocide,”
“ICC,”
“The
Hague,”
or
“international
law”
in
your
course
assignments.
Also,
we’ve
taken
the
liberty
of
eliminating
some
courses
that
are
de
facto
controversial
and
cannot
be
taught.
That
includes
“Women
and
the
Law,”
“Critical
Race
Theory,”
“First
Amendment
Law,”
and
“Water
Law”
(the
governor
is
big
into
AI).
You’ll
probably
notice
we
no
longer
teach
“Transgender
Law,”
and
the
dean
and
professor
who
authorized
that
course
have
been
fired. Your
new
dean,
as
you
know,
is
a
former
legislator
and
proud
author
of
the
“Bathroom
Bill.”
If
your
course
offends
someone
on
the
basis
that
our
great
United
States
is
not
a
meritocracy,
your
course
is
canceled.
Thus,
we
will
no
longer
be
teaching
courses
in
“Employment
Discrimination”
or
“Civil
Rights
Law.”
If
you
teach
“Family
Law,”
please
ensure
that
all
cases
involve
a
traditional
nuclear
family.
For
your
interdisciplinary
“History
and
the
Law”
course,
avoid
mention
that
Nazi
Germany
brutally
vilified
and
tortured
the
LGBTQ+
community
in
ways
similar
to
the
United
States
southern
states
today. Avoid
mention
that
Nazi
Germany
targeted
communists. Do
not
mention
that
anti-fascists
fought
fascism. Our
state
legislators
have
a
hard
time
understanding
the
difference
between
antifa,
communism,
and
fascism,
as
the
high
school
history
courses
in
this
state
were
destroyed
30
years
ago.
If
you
teach
“Bankruptcy
Law”
or
“Tax
Law,”
avoid
commentary
related
to
the
impact
of
tariffs
on
the
economy.
Controversial
Words: To
avoid
misunderstanding
and
triggering
of
unfortunate
termination
proceedings,
please
avoid
the
words
“trans,”
“transatlantic,”
“transoceanic,”
“transportation,”
and
“Transylvania.”
Controversial
Club
Sponsorship: Please
avoid
sponsoring
controversial
clubs.
Such
club
names
include
“LGBTQ+
Outlaw
Club,”
“Critical
Race
Theory
Study
Group,”
or
“Rights
for
Everyone
Club.”
Sponsorship
of
the
“TPUSA
Chapter”
and
“Charlie
Kirk
Worship
Club”
is
strongly
encouraged.
Accuracy
of
Materials: Please
ensure
your
choices
of
materials
is
accurate
but
balanced.
For
example,
if
you
teach
a
“Health
Law”
course,
please
balance
your
assignment
of
peer-reviewed
resources
that
demonstrate
that
vaccines
do
not
cause
autism
with
at
least
one
non-peer-reviewed
resource,
preferably
ones
endorsed
by
RFK
Jr. Under
no
circumstances
are
you
to
quote
Charlie
Kirk,
as
we
are
unsure
as
to
the
accuracy
of
any
of
his
quotes.
Clinics: The
Immigration
Law
clinic
will
be
repurposed
to
require
mandatory
service
in
ICE
to
get
a
better
understanding
of
how
immigration
works
on
the
ground
and
not
in
the
ivory
tower
of
academia.
Being
improperly
arrested
by
ICE
will
not
count
toward
service
hours.
Faculty
Bios
and
CVs: Please
ensure
that
your
bios
and
CVs
do
not
have
any
reference
to
preferred
pronouns,
any
work
you
have
done
for
LGBTQ+
causes,
or
any
“left
leaning”
causes
such
as
the
Federalist
Society. We
also
encourage,
but
do
not
require,
donations
to
a
right-wing
conservative
candidate
of
over
$200
or
more
to
demonstrate
faculty
intellectual
diversity.
DEI:
Thanks
to
a
generous
grant
from
the
Koch
Foundation,
we
have
established
a
“Drug
Enforcement
and
ICE”
(DEI)
program
that
examines
the
positive
ways
ICE
interacts
with
our
communities. All
DEI
links
will
now
automatically
repost
there.
Thank
you
all
for
your
attention
to
this
matter!
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