Therefore, if the University of Missouri had a policy regarding safe spaces and their employees were trained to understand and follow it, the issue with Professor Clark could have been avoided. She would have known that assaulting a student journalist is not protected free speech, especially when that assault occurs in a traditional public space. If the University of Missouri had a safe space policy, then the students could have selected a nonpublic or limited public space to hold their event so they would have been protected from journalists. In a public space, the police could have helped Professor Click.
Because of the incident at the University of Missouri, the IUPUI system should be proactive and create a policy to protect itself. The policy could look like this:
1.) Public or Traditional Open Fora: IUPUI is a state university with limited resources that are in great demand. There are two forms of fora at IUPUI, limited public fora and traditional public fora. Traditional public fora include park areas, plazas, sidewalks, and streets of the campus that comprise the irreducible public forums of the campus. The limited public fora in turn may be designated public fora for one specific purpose, or may be limited public fora which are available by permit or reservation through the process outlined below for either student or nonstudent groups.
