Orange Coast College
Location: Costa Mesa, California
Website: http://www.orangecoastcollege.edu
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Federal Circuit: 9th Circuit
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Orange Coast College: Suspension of Professor Without a Hearing for Political Science Lecture
October 5, 2001
At Orange Coast College, days after the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks Professor Kenneth W. Hearlson, a professor of contemporary politics, invited all students to join him in a discussion of the recent terrorist attacks. During the event Hearlson argued that silence on crimes against Jews in the Middle East was consent to terrorism. Several Muslim students complained that Professor Hearlson had called them terrorists, but that accusation was belied by the existence of a full audiotape recording of the class. Nevertheless, without even a formal charge or a hearing, OCC President Margaret A. Gratton promptly ordered Professor Hearlson off […]
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CCCD Student Code of Conduct: Grounds for Discipline 08-09
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies, Statement
Harassment: Verbal or physical abuse, or the threat of physical abuse on or off District Property of any Member of the District Community or members of his/her family.
Last updated: December 15, 2013CCCD Student Code of Conduct: Sexual Harassment 08-09
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies, Statement
Sexual harassment is defined as (a) verbal harassment, e.g., epithets, derogatory comments or slurs;
Last updated: December 15, 2013
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(c) visual forms of harassment, e.g., derogatory posters, cartoons, or drawings;
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or (e) an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment.CCCD Student Code of Conduct: Disruptive Behavior 08-09
Speech Code Category: Other Speech Codes, Statement
Disruptive behavior, disobedience, habitual profanity or vulgarity or the open defiance of the authority of or abuse of District personnel.
Last updated: October 28, 2013
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Interview with Kenneth Hearlson
November 30, 2001
Fox News’s Hannity & Colmes COLMES: Welcome back to HANNITY & COLMES. I’m Alan Colmes. Coming up, does the CIA rely on disguises and trickery when it infiltrates enemy territory during war? And will you accept Usama bin Laden on a magazine cover as person of the year? But, first, four Muslim students at Orange Coast College complained that their government professor, Kenneth Hearlson, insulted and accused one of them of being a terrorist. Professor Hearlson was suspended pending an investigation. He joins us in silhouette because of alleged threats on his life. His attorney, Michelle Reinglass, joins us as […]
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US University Staff Punished for Voicing Opinions
October 19, 2001
The Guardian Freedom of speech is being curtailed in universities across the US in light of the September 11 atrocities, according to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. Thor Halvorssen, head of the foundation, which provides free legal help for staff, said various academics have been punished or rebuked for expressing opinions about American foreign policy or the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. The most high profile case is that of Jonnie Hargis, an assistant librarian at the University of California, who was suspended for five days for questioning America’s policy towards Israel. Mr Hargis claims he […]
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College’s Incendiary Topic is Terror
September 30, 2001
By William Lobdell at Los Angeles Times Education: Orange Coast is an academic-freedom test case, with Muslims angry and teacher on leave. A laid-back community college known for its crew teams, sailors and surfers has become a caldron of political passion in the aftermath of an intense classroom debate about Islam and terrorism. The conflict at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa has divided a political science class, opened a rift between administrators and faculty, and spilled onto the national stage where the notion of academic freedom is being reexamined in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the United States. […]
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Revisiting freedom of association following recent controversy at Orange Coast College
May 26, 2017
Last week, the Orange Coast College Republicans announced that they had filed a “formal grievance” against Professor Jessica Alabi, alleging that she had prevented members of the club from attending an “African-American/Women’s round table discussion in the Multicultural Center” in March. Among other demands, the College Republicans have asked that Alabi be investigated and, if she is found to have “discriminated against students on the basis of their ideological viewpoint and party affiliation,” that she be suspended. The College Fix reports that Orange Coast College President Dennis Harkins, in an email to colleagues sent shortly after the incident, expressed concern […]
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More Questions than Answers in Orange Coast College Recording Scandal [UPDATED]
February 17, 2017
Update (Feb. 24, 2017): Orange Coast College agreed yesterday to lift student Caleb O’Neil’s suspension and will not punish professor Olga Perez Stable Cox, the Los Angeles Times reports. Today, we’re taking a close look at a story out of Orange Coast College (OCC) in California, where a student has been suspended by the college—and ordered to apologize—for recording a professor’s in-class rant in which she referred to President Donald Trump’s election as an “act of terrorism” and said the nation had been “assaulted.” The professor also noted that the hardest thing for her was knowing that “the people who made the assault […]
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FIRE Remembers September 11
September 11, 2007
Today, FIRE joins individuals across America and around the world in reflecting upon the tragic events of September 11, 2001. As university students and professors from Maine to California host commemorations today to remember those who suffered and died six years ago, we take a moment to look back at how those events played out on campus in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, and how their legacy continues to affect us today. In the wake of the tragedy, FIRE was called on to defend liberty on campus as many universities reacted to the cataclysmic circumstances with sometimes shocking limitations […]
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Speech Code of the Month: Coast Community College District
June 1, 2006
FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for June 2006: Coast Community College District. The Coast Community College District consists of three California community colleges with a total enrollment of more than 60,000 students: Coastline Community College, Golden West College, and Orange Coast College. You may remember that FIRE had to intervene at Orange Coast College several years ago after the college suspended a professor without any official and appropriate hearing, procedures, and proceedings, in the wake of a heated and well-publicized discussion about terrorism in one of his classes. Sadly, the disrespect for free speech extends beyond just […]
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FIRE Letter to Orange Coast College President Margaret Gratton, November 19, 2001
November 19, 2001
November 19, 2001 President Margaret Gratton Orange Coast College 2701 Fairview Rd. Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Dear President Gratton: Last month, FIRE wrote to you, your staff, and your Board of Trustees regarding Orange Coast Community College’s failure to defend Free Speech, academic freedom, Due Process, and Professor Kenneth Hearlson. We have yet to receive a response from the administration. We hoped that the actions taken by the administration would be as shocking to you as they were to FIRE, or, at the least, that the spirit of our October 5 letter (attached) and the gravity of the concerns raised […]
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FIRE Letter to Orange Coast College President Margaret Gratton, October 5, 2001
October 5, 2001
October 5, 2001 President Margaret Gratton Orange Coast College 2701 Fairview Rd. Costa Mesa, CA 92626 RE: Professor Kenneth Hearlson Dear President Gratton: As you can see from the list of our Directors and Board of Advisors, FIRE unites leaders in the fields of civil rights and civil liberties, scholars, journalists, and public intellectuals across the political and ideological spectrum on behalf of liberty, legal equality, freedom of religion, and—in the case of Professor Kenneth Hearlson—freedom of speech, due process and academic freedom on America’s college campuses. Our web page, www.thefire.org, will give you a greater sense of our identity […]
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