Middlebury College will punish thirty of their students for their role in disrupting a speech by AEI scholar Charles Murray.
Topic: freedom of speech
Another Liberal in Favor of Free Speech
A young liberal college student at Williams College is trying to arrange non-liberal speakers to come and speak to his fellow students, contrary to the reaction at Cal-Berkeley.
New York Times: Conservatives are “Emboldened” after Berkeley-Ann Coulter Controversy
The New York Times’ recent piece on the Ann Coulter-Cal-Berkeley free speech controversy portrayed conservatives as being audacious for fighting for the right of freedom of speech at liberal college campuses.
Ann Coulter Cancels Speech at Berkeley after Threats of Protests
Ann Coulter, conservative commentator, withdrew from her speaking engagement at the University of California-Berkeley after threats of protests and change in date and venue kept emerging.
What is the Law on Campus Free Speech and What Should Berkeley—and all Universities—Do to Protect It?
Richard Cravatts, PhD, said that the University of California-Berkeley “repeatedly abandoned its responsibility to protect free speech, deciding instead that it would cave to the totalitarian demands of whiny progressive campus activists”.
Penn Student Editorial Board: We’re Disappointed Freedom of Speech isn’t Being Defended at Berkeley
The Daily Pennsylvanian criticized other student newspapers for not standing up for the freedom of speech in light of riots and protests at Cal-Berkeley and Middlebury College.
Wichita State Student Government Rejects Young Americans for Liberty Chapter due to ‘Dangerous’ Rhetoric
A Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) chapter was rejected by the student senate because YAL is known to have hosted controversial speaker Milo Yiannopoulos and that makes the chapter ‘dangerous.’
China Lets Australia-Based Chinese Academic Fly Back to Australia
Chongyi Feng, a Chinese academic based in Australia, was allowed to fly back to Australia from China after the Chinese government barred him from leaving the country.
Socialist Students Vow to Disrupt Charles Murray’s Speech at Columbia University
Update: Murray’s lecture at Columbia University was peaceful and the socialists did not disrupt the speech, after all. Another possible debate and lecture disrupted by the Left, with the speaker being the American Enterprise Institute…
Academic Intolerance: An Inside View
We have an old Pennsylvania Dutch saying that goes: “Ve grow too soon alt und too late schmart.” Perhaps many college officers feel this way. “Over the years, I have watched a growing intolerance at…