[applause] about free speech issues on campus. I will give a very brief introduction before introducing my colleagues i will then ask them some questions and throw it open to you. There are mic symbol files for that time. First of all just a few introductory marks about free speech on campus when is this issue is not new era its gotten more attention this year than in many years in the past but there are fairly constantly debate over controversial speakers and whatnot at a do think that context has been missing sometimes. Likewise for reasons that are somewhat hard to predict, the press jumped on some incidents much more than others. And so as you look at these issues as they come up, thats important to remember. I also think its very important to remember that when youre talking about controversial speakers on campus, most of them speak relatively without incidents. Even some of the speakers that will be talked about today that it been very controversial have appeared far more times w
Center in norfolk, virginia on American History tv on cspan3. A College Student from the university of california tried to help organize an event with conservative commentator ann coulter on campus. He talked about his experience. This was a part of the panel on free speech. It runs a little over an hour. Scott good morning, i would like to welcome you to todays discussion about free speech issues on campus. I will give a very brief introduction before introducing my colleagues. I will then ask them some questions and throw it open to you. There are microphones on both aisles for that. First of all, just a few introductory remarks about free speech on campus. First of all, it is not new. It has gotten some more attention this year than in many years in the past, but there are fairly constantly debate over controversial speakers and whatnot, and i think that context has been missing sometimes. Likewise for reasons that are somewhat hard to predict, the press jumped on some incidents muc
Center in norfolk, virginia on American History tv on cspan3. A College Student from the university of california tried to help organize an event with conservative commentator ann coulter on campus. He talked about his experience. This was a part of the panel on free speech. It runs a little over an hour. Scott good morning, i would like to welcome you to todays discussion about free speech issues on campus. I will give a very brief introduction before introducing my colleagues. I will then ask them some questions and throw it open to you. There are microphones on both aisles for that. First of all, just a few introductory remarks about free speech on campus. First of all, it is not new. It has gotten some more attention this year than in many years in the past, but there are fairly constantly debate over controversial speakers and whatnot, and i think that context has been missing sometimes. Likewise for reasons that are somewhat hard to predict, the press jumped on some incidents muc
Scott good morning, i would like to welcome you to todays discussion about free speech issues on campus. I will give a very brief introduction before introducing my colleagues. I will then ask them some questions and throw it open to you. There are microphones on both aisles for that. First of all, just a few introductory remarks about free speech on campus. First of all, it is not new. It has gotten some more attention this year than in many years in the past, but there are fairly constantly debate over controversial speakers and whatnot, and i think that context has been missing sometimes. Likewise for reasons that are somewhat hard to predict, the press jumped on some incidents much more than others. And so as you look at these issues as they come up, thats important to remember. I also think its very important to remember that when youre talking about controversial speakers on campus, most of them speak relatively without incident. Even some of the speakers that will be talked abou
Put your hands together. They will continue to perform throughout the night. Im going to be your host throughout the evening thank you for coming out. Its an incredibly important piece of work. [applause] [cheering] it is incredibly important work when you think the president is setting up policies, targeted assassination, terrorist watch lists and violating peoples civil liberties. So thats why its so important that we do see this kind of work into College Policies because of for the most part i think that when people are uninformed, then they cant necessarily push back. Then things like drum strikes and targeted assassinations or killings as the government likes to call them to come the butt of jokes. I dont know if you watch any of the speeches given by the president and larry will mark this past weekend but they make jokes about raining down bombs on people so thats why its so important that this work is really out there. Thats one thing that i would like to say. [applause] also, i