NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A Cleveland County judge has sentenced a man to a two-year deferred term for posting fliers around the University of Oklahoma campus that advocated overthrowing the school.
Robert Lien Anderson, 38, pleaded guilty to a charge of disturbing the peace in court on Wednesday. He also was ordered to pay a $100 fine and to stay off the Norman campus.
The original felony charge against him of advocating unlawfulness on school grounds would have carried a two to 10 year sentence. But it was dropped to a misdemeanor as part of a plea agreement.
Anderson, who wore a red, white and blue-striped polo shirt tucked into a pair of jeans, told the judge he never intended to suggest a violent overthrow of the university.
On March 7, Anderson posted fliers around campus that said “all operations at OU Norman will cease April 21. As of this date, the free university known as the Happy Nihilist University will begin …”
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