After a Clemson University student was brought before an ethics board based on an anonymous report alleging that she wasn’t wearing a mask, the student is now questioning the due process of the mask enforcement policy at the South Carolina university. Clemson University had implemented an ethics hotline, an Office of Community and Ethical Standards board (OCES), and restrictive building access based on weekly PCR test results. The Supreme Court of South Carolina had ruled in favor of allowing state colleges to impose mask mandates after a University of South Carolina (USC) professor filed a lawsuit against state Attorney General Alan Wilson and USC. Before the lawsuit in July, Wilson had told the USC president that his mask mandate violated a state proviso. According to Robert Kittle, communications director for the attorney general’s office, the intent behind the proviso related to college universities was to prevent mask mandates, but the …
Student Questions Due Process of Mask Enforcement at Clemson University
September 8, 2021
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