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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Academic freedom "a core principle..."

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Academic freedom "a core principle..."

Academic freedom "a core principle..."


Unless of course, it causes "controversy"

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- The University of Wyoming has canceled a speech by former 1960s radical William Ayers after it raised a slew of objections from citizens and politicians. Ayers -- an education professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago-- was scheduled to speak next Monday on the Laramie campus about social justice issues and education. He was invited by the UW Social Justice Research Center.


In a statement released by the university, UW President Tom Buchanan thanked the center for reconsidering