University Prohibits Student from Flying the American Flag

DURHAM – The proud son of a retired Army officer, Conner MacIver put his patriotism on display at the University of New Hampshire earlier this month by hanging an American flag outside his dorm window.

That lasted about two weeks.

Last Thursday school officials ordered him to remove the flag after someone complained it violated dorm policy that blocks students from hanging anything outside their window.

"I'm so infuriated about it," said MacIver, 19, a freshman from West Ossipee. "This is America and I should be able to hang an American flag."

UNH's dorm policy bans: "Television or radio antennae and any other objects which are placed outside the room window or anywhere on the exterior of the building or adjacent grounds."