@MyOdyssey
You shouldn’t use concepts you seem to have a tenuous grasp of. If you want to understand how free speech should work at a university, do read the University of Minnesota statement. The point of a University is not to protect people from speech, but expose them to all kinds of speech be it offensive, or even hateful.
Aside from this free piece of advice, your insistence that it’s all about concerned students for chalk-free environment is risible. The initial email from Wagner mentioned nothing about the vandalism, but was all about the need to baby the oppressed communities so their heads don’t explode. If the crybabies wanted simply to criticize speech, they strangely chose an audience of one. They did not want an open exchange. They wanted power.
By the way, chalking outside the designated areas is not vandalism per se and is properly cured by the cleaning fee imposed on the perpetrators. Nothing to do with conduct violation.
The moment the story got big, the administration got really scared and backpedalled furiously but showed more concern about covering their behinds, then the reputation of Emory. Now, thanks to their efforts , Emory is considered a joke. Let’s hope that the country’s attention will be soon distracted, so Emory’s reputation does not get set in the public eye.