[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
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This woman just heard sound for the first time. John the good new day. Thats our show, tonight. You worried about the future . Hard not to be if you watch the news. Its mostly negative, violence, disasters, danger and i suppose thats our job to tell you about problems. If a plane crashes, thats news. The fact that thousands of planes will land and take off safely during this tv program is a miracle, but its not news. So we soak in disasters and heed warnings about the next one. Global warming, pesticide residues. I covered hundreds of scares and finally wised up. In england, a journalist smarter than i quickly realized he was focusing on the wrong things that led to this book. The rational optimist. Matt ridley gives lectures around the world explaining why hes an optimist. Back in the 1970, the future was bleak, the population explosion was unstoppable. Famine was inevitable. Bird flu is going to kill us, the ice age is coming back. All these, the desert was advancing. Y2k computer bu
This woman just heard sound for the first time. John the good new day. Thats our show, tonight. You worried about the future . Hard not to be if you watch the news. Its mostly negative, violence, disasters, danger and i suppose thats our job to tell you about problems. If a plane crashes, thats news. The fact that thousands of planes will land and take off safely during this tv program is a miracle, but its not news. So we soak in disasters and heed warnings about the next one. Global warming, pesticide residues. I covered hundreds of scares and finally wised up. In england, a journalist smarter than i quickly realized he was focusing on the wrong things that led to this book. The rational optimist. Matt ridley gives lectures around the world explaining why hes an optimist. Back in the 1970, the future was bleak, the population explosion was unstoppable. Famine was inevitable. Bird flu is going to kill us, the ice age is coming back. All these, the desert was advancing. Y2k computer bu
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