Local colleges talk policy in light of UConn speaker disruption

STORRS — The aim was civil discourse. What the University of Connecticut got instead was the “It’s OK to be white” speaker shouted down and then arrested during a chaotic address on Tuesday. As UConn President Susan Herbst put it in an campus-wide statement — which quickly went viral — “This was a very disappointing evening.” The incident was the latest in a string of contentious campus speaking engagements that have college officials across the state and the country weighing free speech against cost, safety and student sensibilities. “It’s a university’s job to provide opportunities for students to hear from people from all walks of life,” said Edina Oestreicher, dean of students at the University of Bridgeport.

from News http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Local-colleges-talk-policy-in-light-of-UConn-12393249.php