The university should immediately rescind the unconstitutional directive suppressing private student expression in the form of crosses on individual players' helmets
ASU Football Team Harassed for Mourning Loss of Teammates
Jonesboro, AR— When Arkansas State University football team tragically lost two teammates, the athletes decided to mourn their loss by adding a small vinyl cross and the lost teammates’ initials to their helmets. However, Jonesboro, Arkansas, attorney Louis Nisenbaum complained that the student-initiated memorial was akin to Congress establishing a religion, and ASU Counsel Lucinda McDaniel told the players to cut the bottom of the cross off, so that it resembles a “plus sign.”
