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Tue Sep 22, 2015, 02:26 AM Sep 2015

UMaine reacts to white supremacist posters on campus

Katharine Bavoso, WLBZ
7 p.m. EDT September 21, 2015

ORONO, Maine (NEWS CENTER)-- Last Wednesday, some posters popped up across the University of Maine Campus in Orono recruiting for the White Student Union. It's labeled as a hate group by the Anti-Defamation League and other notable organizations, which sparked many complaints from the university community.

The Vice President of Student Affairs said the White Student Union posters urged white people to join the organization reading, "you have to the right to your heritage." The group is not a school supported organization and only displayed a non-affiliated email address as a contact. UMaine Officials say freedom of speech allows for any message or ad to be posted on the University's public bulletin boards.

Vice President of Student Affairs Robert Dana did add that while the university supports freedom of speech, it does not support the White Student Union or any organization that discriminates or spreads hate ...


http://www.wlbz2.com/story/news/2015/09/21/umaine-reacts-to-white-supremacist-posters/72591092/

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