War on Free Speech Week in Higher Education

MIKE LACHANCE MAR 9, 2019 8:00 AM

The one upside of the violent attack at UC Berkeley is that the issue of free speech on college campuses is finally getting the attention it has needed for a long time.

• Suspect Arrested for Attack on Conservative at UC Berkeley
• Suspect in UC Berkeley Attack Charged With Felony Assault
• Suspect in UC Berkeley Attack Pleads Not Guilty in Court

This has clearly gotten Berkeley’s attention.

• UC Berkeley Lashes Out at Critics of Its Handling of Attack on Conservative Student

The victim is using the spotlight for good.

• Hayden Williams, Victim in UC Berkeley Attack, Speaks Out in Op-Ed

Even Trump has gotten involved.

• Trump promises Executive Order requiring universities “to support free speech if they want federal research dollars”

Ted Cruz, too.

• Ted Cruz Calls Out ‘Socialist’ Universities for Bias Against Conservatives

Compare and contrast.

• Prof Dismisses Trump’s Efforts to Protect Campus Free Speech as ‘Wrongheaded’
• College Republican Event at Portland State Shut Down by Anarchist Disrupter

Here is the problem.

• College Student Calls for Diversity of Thought, Gets Compared to a Neo-Nazi

This needs to happen all over.

• Bill Advances in Kentucky to Ban Campus ‘Free Speech Zones’ at Publicly Funded Colleges

The lunacy can’t go on forever.

• Students Protest President of Liberty U. for Saying His Granddaughter Will be Raised as a Girl
• George Washington University Introduces Bias Incident Reporting System
• University’s ‘Hawaiian Day’ Deemed Culturally Insensitive

A woman with guts.

• Rider University Dean Resigns Over Ban on Chick-fil-A in Defense of Company’s Christian Values

Another one bites the dust.

• Southern Vermont College to Close in Summer of 2019

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