definition (4).” As found in the UWM Post vs. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System case, speech codes often described the type of speech, but not whether the speech intended to harm or cause a breach of peace, which is against the law (5). In other words, it is hard to come up with an exact definition of what exactly entails hate speech on campus. The Constitution does not protect speech that causes a “clear and present danger,” and threatening speech is considered harassment. Moreover, the college campuses are trying to ban speech that they find distasteful on grounds that the speech is oppressive to race, sex, ethnicity, creed, religion, or national origin. Also, that such speech deters the victims from the educational environment. However, trying to define hate speech and its intent become a problem when making rules or laws. Speech codes are: “Unduly vague because it is ambiguous as to whether the regulated speech must actually demean the listener and create an intimidating, hostile or demeaning environment for education or whether the speaker must create such an environment (Hate 5).” All in all, in the case of protecting others rights against hate speech, the government cannot justify an exact definition of hate speech and the speaker’s intent. Therefore, the government or any other organization shall not make restrictions until hate speech can be accurately defined and that the restrictions shall not infringe upon freedom of expression. In order to resolve the two previous extremes, private colleges and universities should be the only organizations that may limit speech. Since colleges and universities are independent from the government, they do hold the right to restrict what is said on their campuses. However, the way in which universities define and enforce hate speech must follow the guidelines of the First Amendment. Universities should only ban speech that...
