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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Bill Ayers speaks to huge Univ. of Wyoming crowd

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Bill Ayers speaks to huge Univ. of Wyoming crowd

Bill Ayers speaks to huge Univ. of Wyoming crowd

University President Tom Buchanan (not the Gatsby character) had banned Ayers from speaking to a group of students last month, using threats of violence from right-wingers as his excuse. But a law suit initiated by student Meg Lanker and favorable ruling by U.S. District Judge William Downes opened the university to the "dangerous" Mr. Ayers.

Result? Instead of the expected 150 ed students who likely would have