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Show fnw .r - Football team looks forward ' to more funding, equipment .Miss Utah: DSU assisted her .along road to Miss America . '' J sports page 6 At features page 8 1 mew Jrcirislrailjn rev. I three sfi'ikrtis filsd a t ... rtas free speech pdicy after hvsdi against the university. cannot DSU restrict speech based on content unless it's: The policy will be approved within the month. OBSCENE determined by administrators FIGHTING WORDS Bulletin boards can be subject to censorship. insulting words that inflict injury or incite an - The Gardner Center will be a free speech facility. immediate breach of the peace Students may pass out fliers as long as it's not disruptive Information t EmilyHavensDSN Dixie State University istrators are updating the free speech policy in light of a pending litigation filed in March by three students against the univeradmin- sity. Assistant Attorney General Gregory Soderberg led a session about the updated policy and First Amendment issues on DSUs campus Wednesday morning in the Cox Auditorium. t 26. 2015 AUGUST VOLUME XLV NO. DSUSA aims to 1 update mascot, boost involvment President Biff Williams said administration has been working with Soderberg throughout the summer to articulate the policy; however, its not official yet. Soderberg said the board of trustees should approve it within the next month. Because the current lawsuit against the university is still pending, Williams and Soderberg refused to comment on the litiga tion. Students from the Young Americans for Liberty Club sought New buildings and future expan- jTubei ffVOICEOFDIXIE DIXiESUNNEWS.COM WHAT'S INSIDE News 1 Opinion 4 Sports 6 Features 8 CONTACT NEWS TIPS AND LETTERS TO THEEDITOR jSunDixie.edu inings room 134 ;25 S. 700 East Beorge, UT 84770 18 ADVERTISING SPENCER RICKS SpencerRicks markeekaeDSN ill The Dixie State University Student Association hopes to change the identity of DSU, campus structures and student involvement this year. Student Body President Matt Devore, a senior integrated studies major from Mesquite, Nevada, said he wants to work on relocating the Multicultural Diversity Center, work with academics to find what students want in their next degrees, and get the mascot sions will pave the way for more students and better student life, Dixie State University administrators said. More student housing, a Human Performance Building, improvements to Hansen Stadium, and a parking garage are all projects that are planned to be built though not all are yet funded. state-of-the-a- 435-414-00- 96 fax: 435-656-40- 19 Corn-Re-ve- re rt ing with new dorms, the builder has been announced for a new student housing complex to be built this year. Layton Construction and Method Studio Architects have been chosen to design and build the new student housing building, dubbed Campus View Suites. The building will be located on the northeast comer of campus along 100 South, immediately west of the Nisson Towers. Groundbreaking will take place Aug. 28 at 10 a.m. at the site. The 90,000 square foot complex will house 350 students. Five to six students will share suites with three to four rooms each. Each suite will in four-stor- Student housing changed. With eventual plans to replace Devore said he wants to constudent hous existing tinue with the identity initiative former Student Body President Gregory Layton started last year and he helped get over 1,000 students to take a survey last year about the mascot's name. Only 21 percent of the students surveyed were in favor of keeping the current mascot. It needs to be changed," Devore f said. He said DSUSA members dont r plan on doing another survey. I strongly believe that no matter what we change it to, people will be able to buy in and say Okay, thats what we are, and it will to make sense to them, Devore said. Devore said the mascot and brand of DSU are being worked t :y on by a team of DSUSA i,. us 5 DixieSunAdsDixie.edu legal action after DSU refused to approve promotional posters for the club that negatively depicted President Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Che Guevara. At the time, the policy stated posters cannot single out any individual groups or entities in a derogatory manner. In a previous article written for Dixie Sun News, First Amendment Attorney Robert said DSU could rewrite the policies to meet constitutional requirements, or the litigation would move forward. Soderberg said as a general rule, speech is protected under the First Amendment unless an exception applies. The reason why DSU needs an additional speech policy is because the First Amendment alone doesnt give enough guidance, he said. The Supreme Court has determined through various case law that administrators are able to see SPEECH page y, n I? IJ f W 13 B clude a kitchenette, a living room and a bathroom. Full kitchens, computer rooms and laundry rooms will be available on each floor in addition to three game rooms, an exercise room and a conference room in the building. This new building will be driving student life on campus, said Sherry Ruesch, executive director of facilities management. Students will be hanging out here on campus and attending more of the events because theyll be here anyway. Ruesch said the $20 million building will be funded by a rev- enue bond, which will be paid see PROJECTS page jt g t ? (! '.1 i:- -- , F s if i . J i T a i- - v ' 4. see DSUSA page 3 2 Multiple new building projects approved, planned for campus BY BY MARKEE HECKENLIABLE speaker s intent is to make someone do something illegal from Assistant Attorney General Greg Soderberg. BY EMILY HAVENS INCITEMENT swimming pool, indoor running track, fitness rooms, Plans for the Human Performance Building include an Olympic-size- d to from the state been Funds have help pay for the project. requested and classrooms gyms 3 |