Campus free speech doesn't mean disrupting job fairs

Five California Polytechnic State University students say their free speech rights were violated after their obnoxious disruption of a university career fair was quickly silenced. The students, representing the SLO Peace Coalition, were escorted out of the room after singing “anti-war” songs in front of the defense contractor Raytheon’s booth. The students say they were protesting Raytheon’s funneling of arms to Saudi Arabia for the war on Yemen.

During their eight minutes of fame, the students sang loudly (and mercilessly off-key) with messages taped to their shirts that protested the company and its ties to Cal Poly.