Fox News Sees Red Over Dorm Flag Ban

Fox News has been running a story about a University of New Hampshire student who was told he could not hang an American flag outside his dorm window. Predictably, Fox commentators saw it as further evidence of anti-American sentiment on college campuses. (The screen chyron said “Flag forbidden, student can’t hang Old Glory”) Maybe some hate mail aimed at UNH administrators and a call to end their public funding will undo this injustice. (And please do not bring up the fact that U.S. military bases have the same rule. That's different!)
I do have some insight into this. While in college, I was an R.A. at small liberal arts school and it was my responsibility to enforce the rule against hanging ANYTHING outside a dorm room. During the indoctrination orientation session, I learned that the rule is in place for five very good reasons:
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(1) To prevent students from toppling to their death while trying to hang something,
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(2) To discourage students from removing the window screens that keep out bugs and prevented students from throwing debris out the window,
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(3) To assure that objects hung outside do not become dislodged, fall to the ground and create litter (or, worse, kill someone),
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(4) To preserve the aesthetics of the picturesque campus which, by the way, prominently displays the U.S. flag in front of Main Hall,
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(5) To help the liberals who run the school suppress the patriotism of students who love American.

(Note: The above photo was included strictly for the purposes of irony and titillation. Section 8d. of the Rules and Regulations for displaying and handling the U.S. Flag states: "The flag should never be used as wearing apparel.")
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