One college bucks trend, embraces free speech and the American Flag
By Stephanie Sanchez | January 3, 2017 | Comments
The place where Barack Obama spent the first two years of his college career was the place where a 9/11 memorial was vandalized mid-September of last year. Occidental College is now responding by implementing programs and events intended to educate students on freedom of speech and the terrorist attacks on 9/11.
The school has released a list of several activities planned by the faculty and administration that will be accomplished during the upcoming spring semester. The events include:
-“A speech and roundtable discussion on the principles of free speech on college campuses, led by Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the UC Irvine Law School and noted constitutional scholar.”
-“A performance of ‘Defamation,’ a play that will challenge students’ preconceived notions about issues such as race, class and the law by turning the audience into the jury.”
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http://redalertpolitics.com/2017/01/03/one-college-bucks-trend-embraces-free-speech-american-flag/#rcxyVFrfWWjshpLG.99
