Seriously?

The hysteria over policing faculty politics has clearly gone way too far. (Not that there's anything new about that.)

(Can we talk about the fact that they are quoting in their mission statement a former university president who was so reactionary and incompetrent that a faculty as complacent, self-satisfied, and conservatiove as Yale's actually forced his ouster? Ok, back to the real story)

Sporting an Obama or McCain button? Driving a car with one of the campaigns’ bumper stickers? You might need to be careful on University of Illinois campuses.

The university system’s ethics office sent a notice to all employees, including faculty members, telling them that they could not wear political buttons on campus or feature bumper stickers on cars parked in campus lots unless the messages on those buttons and stickers was strictly nonpartisan. In addition, professors were told that they could not attend political rallies on campuses if those rallies express support for a candidate or political party.