Following protests and cries of free-speech violations, the University of Texas at Austin lifted a punishment handed down on Wednesday on two students who refused to remove signs supporting Barack Obama from their dormitory window.
A university disciplinary board had told the students they would not be able to register for classes after violating a university policy banning all signs posted in residence halls.
In a written statement today, William C. Powers Jr., the university’s president, said, “Effective immediately, I am suspending the prohibition on signs in individual students’ residence-hall room windows and any sanctions related to its enforcement.”
Mr. Powers said the university had formed a committee to examine the policy, but that, for now, all signs would be allowed.
