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Living On A Prayer: An Inquiry Into Whether A State University’S Approval Of A “Prayer Room” In A University Facility For A Muslim-Student Organization Offends The Establishment Clause Set Forth In The First Amendment, Brandy G. Price

Brandy G Price

Sitting in the middle of campus, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s (UNC) Carolina Union is the Mecca of student expression and student governance. Students fill every corner of the facility while indulging in conversation, studying, eating and most commonly student organizational meetings and forums. The Carolina Union allows recognized student organizations to reserve its facility meeting rooms for “meetings, programs, workspace, and the distribution of information.” These organizations consist of religious and non-religious affiliations. The Muslim Student Association, commonly known as the MSA, has reserved a meeting room in the Carolina Union as a prayer room. The …