Denied her diploma because of a feather.
 

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/06/04...erican-feather
If it was a cross it wouldn't of been a problem though. :rolleyes:

How is the school allowed to enforce that fine? I feel like that could quickly get dismissed in court. Though it probably be cheaper to pay the fine but at this point it'd be out of principle. I know they warned her and everything but still...

What was that?

This is so fucking stupid. What happened to freedom of speech and expression? :(

Kid wears the feather, after asking permission and being denied and then told the consequences for her actions. She wears it anyway. She suffers the consequences. I have no problem with that.

I do have a problem with $1K fine. That is excessive and heavy-handed. Punishment should fit the crime; Don't let the kid walk in the ceremony. But FFS the kid did the work and met the scholastic requirements to graduate, feather or not. You don't deny the kid the diploma over a fucking feather, and you don't exact ANY monetary fine, much less a gross amount like that. This is, perhaps, someone new to the school's administration trying to put their "stamp" on the situation, and flex some authoritative muscle. Hopefully a level headed judge presides over this and throws it out.

What happened to just going to school and getting an education? Why is everything a 1st amendment issue with these people.

I don't agree with the fine but this student was warned and went ahead and broke the rules anyways.

Cant wait for this kid to get a job and see what the world is like. Plenty of time to wear feathers in the unemployment office.

Duh Fuq

puh-lease. college was no where near as hard as high school made it out to be, and real-life is no where near as hard as college made it out to be.

hell, this guy works at nasa:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/ima...EeGPxafc8fwWHQ

i had a mohawk when i worked at dell. never once had my job threatened over it.

it's just a feather. the school is just attempting to homogenize the populous and suppress individuality.

i called this school as part of the anon callout dox haha

never thought it would make it here!

If the guy with the mohawk's boss told him to cut that off or lose his job that thing would be gone tomorrow. Its not about her not getting a job because of a feather, it is about the fact that she asked first and decided to do it anyways regardless of the response.