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State University of New York – Potsdam
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State University of New York at Potsdam: Restrictions on Students Associating with “Banned” Organizations
May 26, 2020
In the fall 2019 semester, SUNY Potsdam created a flyer listing 16 fraternities and sororities that its students may not “pledge, join, accept membership, affiliate in any way, or seek to perpetuate” at the risk of “potential suspension or expulsion.” After one of the affected student groups contacted FIRE about SUNY Potsdam’s list of “banned… Read more
SUNY Potsdam’s ‘banned organizations’ list violates the First Amendment
May 26, 2020
If you Google “banned organizations,” you’ll see links to lists of international terrorist groups, law enforcement lists of extremist groups, and then — a little further down but still on the first page — the State University of New York at Potsdam’s now-inaccessible list of groups its students may not join. This list doesn’t contain… Read more