NOTE: Information from this post has been consolidated and moved to the Areas of Operation pageFeb 13, 2017, 2:58 pmFeb 14, 2017, 10:02 am DES MOINES, Iowa — In a case that free speech advocates are calling a victory for college students everywhere regardless of their political views, a federal appeals court on Monday ruled that Iowa State University cannot prevent a marijuana law reform advocacy group from distributing a T-shirt with the Iowa State University mascot on one side and a marijuana leaf on the other.Circuit Court of Appeals said ISU administrators including President Steven Leath, Senior Vice President Warren Madden and two others violated First Amendment rights of two students who were top officers of the ISU chapter of the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws.The students, Paul Gerlich and Erin Furleigh, planned in 2012 to print T-shirts depicting “NORML ISU” on the front with the “O” represented by Cy the Cardinal, the university’ mascot.On the back the shirt read, “Freedom is NORML at ISU” with a small cannabis leaf above NORML.

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Leath and the other ISU administrators appealed.The appeals court agreed with Gritzner’s ruling.“The defendants’ rejection of NORML ISU’s designs discriminated against that group on the basis of the group’s viewpoint,” the justices wrote.The court concluded that the ISU administrators’ unusual trademark approval process for the NORML group was motivated at least in part by pressure from Iowa politicians.The case, even though it centers on NORML, a group favoring marijuana legalization, drew support from several conservative organizations including the anti-abortion group Students for Life of America and the Christian Legal Society.“This decision protects, not just for this group but for all these groups, the ability to participate in the marketplace of ideas and not be discriminated against because the government doesn’t like your views,” the conservative groups’ attorney Casey Mattox said.Furleigh and Gerlich’s attorney, Robert Corn-Revere, said the case confirms that universities cannot discriminate against students or their advocacy organizations based on political views.

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It will sing to the soul of Iowa's pork connoisseurs.(Believe me, they are legion.)Little and her crew start with the weenie on the stick and wrap it in bacon, securing it with toothpicks.Here, they fry it for the first time, just enough to sear the bacon onto the hot dog.Next, the bacon-weenie is dipped in corn-dog batter with bacon bits.A second dip in the fryer, remove the toothpicks, and there's your State Fair delicacy (pictured above).It's crunchy on the outside, smooth and soft on the inside.Salty from the bacon and dog, sweet from the corn.Sure, it's a quick job for the crowds, and if I were to make one at home, I'd add whole corn kernels to the batter and cook the bacon wrap until it was fully crisp.But the en masse version is still as tasty and decadent as it sounds.The price is $5, a dollar above the standard-issue corn dog, and well worth it.Helen Little, a chipper blonde whose loyal employees have charged into the fair with her for decades, says, "I think it's something everyone should try.

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