Truman Student Tweets anti-Semitic threats

Story from the Index, Truman State University's campus newspaper

Beginning of the story:
Sophomore Rachel Oetting found her Tweets popping up on anti-hate speech Web sites last week.
Oetting Twittered the offending post on Jan. 11, which said, "Can we go on a jew killing spree soon? i need to release some anger and jews are always worthy targets."

As a recent grad of Truman, and a former staff member on the school's newspaper, I found this story extremely relevant to what we have been talking about in class. I think the most interesting aspect of the story is Truman's part in the matter. The school's Conduct Code does not have a speech code, but it does cover threats of violence and harassment. No disciplinary action has been taken against the student, and I don't think there will be. Truman is stuck in a difficult situation: while they do not encourage hate speech, they do encourage every students' freedom of speech. Taking action against the student would seem to cause more harm then good--creating a debate between the school's right to discipline the student, and the student's right to say what she wants.