Can outside groups critical of the military get equal time on campus to present their views?
It depends. Schools can choose to allow groups critical of the military, or those presenting opinions different from those of the military, to come on campus. In some cases, students also have the right to bring such groups to campus: if the school allows any student group to invite outside speakers, the school has to allow all student groups to invite outside speakers, and the school may not discriminate against a particular speaker because it disagrees with his or her point of view. And if a school does allow the military to recruit on campus, it can’t keep out organizations offering information about jobs in the peace movement or other career alternatives to the military. Schools have considerable authority to decide whether or not outside groups can have access to campus and school resources. However, a school may not allow some outside groups access but deny access to others because the school disagrees with a particular group’s point of view. Thus, if the school allows military r
