Good afternoon, cpac. My name is bryan bernys. We welcome you all to the panel today. I think weve got a very interesting panel. And a very interesting topic here. Our four guest panelists have a varying degree of backgrounds and different aspects they can bring to this topic. Im going to introduce them, let them each give a couple minutes on the topic, and then get right into it. I think this panel is especially interesting on what trigger warnings, and the current nanny state of the College Campus and what we can do to protect the snowflake generation from themselves. [ applause ] so my first guest, of the panel here is dr. Matthew spalding. Matthew spalding is the associate Vice President and dean at Educational Programs at Hillsdale College here in washington, d. C. He is also the best selling author of we still hold these truths. And in addition, he has taught at Hillsdale College as well as George Mason University and catholic university. Great to be with you. I see some of the h
We do kind of share the same work ethic. We both sort of we had to hit a deadline they set for us wimple had tone could churning out words. But lin is a very rare specimen. I have got top work with a lot of very talented people, and theres something unique about that guy. About how closely he listens, thing you dont think he is picking up, the speed his brain is moving all the time, even when you think its not. It comes out when he does improve improv. He is part of a hiphop team and is funny and comes up with things that are moving. So, yeah, you sort of have to be on your toes when youre with the guy, but he is also a friend. So thats part of the one of the thing is love about the guy, it just never stops. Thank god because if it stops we wouldnt have holiday hamilton. Thank you. I have to say that everything that jeremy just said about lin, i would say about jeremy. Really. He is remarkable, and im so honored to know him and that he is here to tell our story. So, thank you very much
You can keep the spirit of litfest going all year by downtown loading the printers row app where you can fine all of the Chicago Tribune premium books content, free did downed ebooks and the complete litfest scud all. Download today and get five dollars off merchandize. Todays program will be broadcastlift on cspan2s booktv. We ask you to use the microphone to your right to ask questions. We ask that you silence your cell phones and turn off your camera flashes. Please welcome reporter from the Chicago Tribune and todays sir interviewer. Talk to us. His public,ty defender, hoyt have chicago iconic newspaper. Thank you both for being here for this conversation. Lets get started by talking about your personal connections to the stories you are tellingful both of you have given birth to stories you have personal connections to, so what led to these topics . Start out, natalie. Sure. So, im a chicago native. I went away to school, work other places, moved back here about ten years ago, and
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Yeah, you know, the thing thats sort of fun when im on book tour, theyll take me to some of the larger stores, the chain stores, and theyll say this is Mark Kurlansky to sign books you have in place, and theyll be running all over the place because theyre in so many sections of the store. It is a read that gets unraffled its not paper. Its actually a lot older than paper, and the nile seems to have been the only place where papyrus grew thick enough to make paper. So the egyptians had an absolute monopoly on papyrus and charged a lot, which is why parchment was made. What is there about paper, especially newspaper, that prevents it from holding up over time physically, whereas rags, sometimes it looks like something that was written written 500 years ago, looked like it came out yesterday, and the durability of paper in fact, you can go back all this minutia, books 5000 years old, completely white no discoloration, perfectly flat, and you look at a 70yearold book and its completely bro