Rolling with the First Amendment

SAMANTHA BRAVO Editor-in-Chief @sammybravo93

Ilove Trump. I do not support DACA. Defeat the hate. These were some of the messages students wrote on the Free Speech Ball the Young Americans for Liberty set up for students on Thursday, Nov. 2 on the Mall.

Young Americans for Liberty President Tahmineh Dehbozorgi said they organized the Free Speech Ball to protest against the free speech zones on campus.

“We want to bring awareness to freedom of speech on campus because we think it’s important,” Dehbozorgi said. “And in different college campuses, there's arbitrary laws that are applied so students cannot speak freely.”

Dehbozorgi said she wants students to feel like they are able to speak freely, and by bringing out this beach ball, they can say whatever they want.

Dehbozorgi said former Young Americans for Liberty President Kevin Shaw was passing out constitutions in the Free Speech Area to recruit for the club when administration asked him to leave.

“They refused to give him any information, so that’s how he started the lawsuit. We believe that our speech is not limited to a very tiny spot, which is very small compared to this huge college campus,” Dehbozorgi said.

Dehbozorgi said that after the lawsuit, they wanted to let students know what was going on