Letter: UNR speaks out on Kaepernick

To the community,

The Reno-Tahoe International Airport and Wolf Pack Athletics have been in discussion regarding an announcement to update the Wolf Pack wall at the airport. Three years ago, the wall was designed to allow for updates and the new display materials will support an exciting announcement coming within a few months.

Until then, the display at the airport and anything else on campus will remain intact as it is currently.

The University of Nevada, Reno will not abandon the many contributions that one of our graduates, Colin Kaepernick, made during his time at the university, based on his expression of the constitutional right afforded to citizens of the United States to express their views, whether in a controversial manner or not.

The university is a place where we encourage open and meaningful dialogue, free speech and differences of opinion.

Marc Johnson, UNR president