[4 items] Ex-Weather Underground member to speak at CU
http://www.kjct8.com/Global/story.asp?S=9879321 Associated Press - February 20, 2009 BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Former left-wing radical William Ayers is coming to Colorado for a speech at the state's flagship university, just after being denied entry to Canada to make a speech there. Ayers has been invited to speak next month at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Also speaking is Ward Churchill, a former CU professor fired two years ago on plagiarism allegations after he equated some Sept. 11 victims to Nazi Adolf Eichmann. Ayers is a former member of the Weather Underground who featured prominently in Republican efforts to thwart Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Ayers was invited to speak at the University of Toronto last month, but Canada denied his entry. Churchill and Ayers will take part in a student-organized lecture about academic freedom March 5. Information from: Daily Camera, http://www.dailycamera.com/ ------- Central Pa. GOP reps want Ayers visit canceled http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_11749248 The Associated Press Posted: 02/20/2009 MILLERSVILLE, Pa.Seven Republican state representatives from central Pennsylvania have written to university officials urging them to cancel an upcoming campus lecture by a former radical activist. The Lancaster County lawmakers say the appearance by William Ayers at Millersville University would be inappropriate. His role in the radical Weather Underground 40 years ago became an issue in the recent presidential campaign. Millersville spokeswoman Janet Kacskos says the March 19 event is expected to go on as scheduled. State System of Higher Education spokesman Kenn Marshall says system Chancellor John Cavanaugh hopes to meet with the lawmakers to discuss their concerns. Phone and e-mail messages left Friday for Ayers were not immediately returned. -- Information from: Lancaster New Era, http://www.lancasteronline.com -------- Pennsylvania lawmakers protest Bill Ayers speech at Millersville University http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1444129,w-bill-ayers-millersville-university022209.article February 22, 2009 MILLERSVILLE, Pa. Republican state representatives from central Pennsylvania have written to university officials urging them to cancel an upcoming campus lecture by former radical activist William Ayers. The Lancaster County lawmakers say the appearance at Millersville University would be inappropriate. His role in the radical Weather Underground 40 years ago became an issue in the recent presidential campaign. Ayers is a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Millersville spokeswoman Janet Kacskos says the March 19 event is expected to go on as scheduled. State System of Higher Education spokesman Kenn Marshall says system Chancellor John Cavanaugh hopes to meet with the lawmakers to discuss their concerns. Messages left Friday for Ayers weren't immediately returned. Meanwhile, Ayers also has been invited to speak at Colorado's flagship university. Ayers is slated to appear next month at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Also speaking is Ward Churchill, a former CU professor fired two years ago on plagiarism allegations after he equated some Sept. 11 victims to Nazi Adolf Eichmann Churchill and Ayers will take part in a student-organized lecture about academic freedom March 5. -------- Protestors out of line http://media.www.smccollegian.com/media/storage/paper841/news/2009/02/18/Opinion/Protestors.Out.Of.Line-3632631.shtml Bryant West Issue date: 2/18/09 January 28 was the most rowdy I have ever seen our school without sports involved. Having the infamous Bill Ayers, as a campus speaker, will do that to a school, especially right after his recent media attention during the election as "that terrorist that Obama knows." The Soda Center was packed and many students and spectators could not even get in, while protesters marched and chanted their anger at Ayers and Saint Mary's. But as all of the attention focused on the protestors,which consisted of a group called Move America Forward, who donned signs and chanted "Ayers lied, people died," the Saint Mary's students were the ones who were misrepresented in all the mess. Certainly, a good number of the students crowding outside of the Soda Center were there for the spectacle of it all, but many just wanted the right to hear Ayers talk, whether or not they agreed with the protestors. But what plenty of the students were upset over was the fact that the protestors treated us like ignorant young children who needed protection. I have no problem with protesting Ayers. The man has admitted to bombing U.S. buildings and repeatedly said he does not feel bad about it. There is nothing wrong with the protesting, but it was the group's patronizing attitude to "protect" the students, their desire to keep students out of the talk, that was the real problem. "If we don't speak up, who will?" protestor Nancy Messer told the Contra Costa Times. "We don't want [the students] corrupted." Excuse me? Are we college students, or kindergarteners? I did not realize that being in college- this supposed higher standard of learning, meant that we had to be protected from big, bad Bill Ayers, come all this way to turn students into "terrorists." Rochelle Bird, a Saint Mary's graduate, told the Contra Costa Times that she intended to bring her family to the lecture to take up seats that, according to the Contra Costa Times article, "might otherwise be filled with impressionable students." Apparently, we are all so malleable that we can not hear someone talk without filtering anything out. Protesting the lecture? That is perfectly fine. Keeping students out for our "intellectual safety"? That is robbing us of our rights. It is the students who should have the first chance to hear anyone, including Ayers. The protestors violated our rights by trying to "protect" us by keeping us out and treating us all like ignorant fools. . --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sixties-L" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sixties-l?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
