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VANCOUVER, BC, Sept 28 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The University of British Columbia (UBC) has created new, lenient policies on violence at the university to accommodate pro-abortion school club leaders who destroyed a student pro-life display. Rather than a notation of academic misconduct, which would remain on a student’s permanent record for at least two years after graduation, the three members of the UBS “students for choice” who attacked the display will receive a newly minted notation of “student misconduct.” This only remains on their record for two years from the time of the offense.

Erin Kaiser, the leader of the pro-abortion group, who was caught on video destroying the display last November said the new rules “made it so that I can potentially go to law school. If I was going to have academic misconduct on my transcript, it was going to be impossible.” The change in policy comes after an appeal by Kaiser of a March decision by UBC’s President’s Advisory Committee on Student Discipline (composed of top UBC officials), which recommended that the three students be suspended for their actions and receive a notation of academic misconduct on their permanent records.

Commenting on the decision, Athena Macapagal, a third-year Environmental Science student and member of a pro-life club said, the university “has essentially opened the flood gates for mob rule. If you don’t agree with your neighbour’s view and she happens to express her view by holding a display, GO AHEAD and DESTROY IT! The most you’ll get is a six-month suspension, where four of those months are in the summer, and a ‘student misconduct’ notation.” Noting the loss of freedom Macapagal said “I personally don’t feel safe on campus because of the ‘controversial’ view that I hold.”

For more see the coverage in the UBC paper at:
https://www.ubyssey.bc.ca/article.shtml?/20000915/kaiser-macapagal.htmlf
https://www.ubyssey.bc.ca/article.shtml?/20000912/gapDecision.htmlf

See the video of the pro-life display’s destruction at:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/1999/dec/991210.html#2
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