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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Maine Republican Party Unanimously Approves Inclusion of Academic Freedom Language in 2006 Maine Republican Platform State Political Party the First to Encourage Intellectual Pluralism in Party Platform AUGUSTA - The Maine Republican Party has unanimously approved language supporting intellectual pluralism on Maine’s college campuses in the 2006 Maine Republican Platform. Over 2,500 Delegates and Republican activists attending the Maine Republican State Convention voiced resounding approval on Saturday of the Party Platform amendment entitled “A Statement Encouraging Academic Freedom,” which was introduced by Maine College Republican Chairman Nathaniel Walton (Bates ’08), a Convention Delegate from Androscoggin County. The...

Dear RA members, The text below is that of an Email I sent to Bates faculty and administrators clearing up some of the misleading ideas regarding the Bates Academic Bill of Rights that had been going around amongst them as a result of somewhat misleading recent press coverage. I feel that I effectively addressed the true intentions of the resolution and the questions being raised that the RA that passed the resolution was unrepresentative. Since most of the recent discussion over the RA listserve to the contrary is coming from people who weren't even at the May 23 or any...

Dear Bates Faculty/Administrators: I am the sponsor of RA 05-36, the resolution endorsing the principles of Students for Academic Freedom's Academic Bill of Rights, which was passed unanimously by the Representative Assembly at its May 23 meeting. I am writing to inform Bates faculty and administrators my intentions in submitting this legislation. The purpose of the resolution was not to cast doubt on you as professionals nor to impugn your integrity in any way. Its purpose was to show that student leaders at Bates, as a renowned institution whose history is rooted in the principles of egalitarianism, feel that the...