Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government, was interviewed by the Dallas Morning News (Sept. 29, 2003) for an article about students' protests and colleges' rights in deciding what to allow. According to the article, a conservative group at Southern Methodist University advertised different cookie prices based on a person's race and gender to make a political statement against affirmative action. SMU shut down the bake sale on its campus after 45 minutes. "Public schools are restricted in the action they can take. Private schools are not," said Klinkner, who writes about First Amendment issues. He said private schools may limit public displays in any way they want. "It's up to SMU to decide what kind of school they want to run," Dr. Klinkner said. "SMU is a big place, and there's going to be a variety of views."
