Too Controversial for Columbia
Student radicals can't stand to hear a Minuteman weigh in on illegal immigration.
BY ROSS KAMINSKY Wednesday, October 11, 2006 12:01 a.m.
As a graduate of Columbia College ('87) and the son of a Columbia graduate, I have some perspective on the school and the history of student behavior there. Sadly, nothing has changed in the over 45 years which include my father's time at Columbia, my time there, and the recent "Minuteman protests."
Around 1960, Ayn Rand was invited to speak at Columbia. My father went to hear her. She was shouted down and, unable to address the crowd, left the podium after properly scolding the students for their bad manners. The protesters spent much of their time railing against the evils of capitalism and liberty.
In about 1985, there were protests and scuffles as students barricaded Hamilton Hall to demand the University divest itself of investments in companies which did business in South Africa. The protesters spent much of their time railing against the evils of capitalism and liberty, with somewhat more physical violence than had been seen 25 years earlier.
And now, 20 years after those protests, I see Columbia students act aggressively, irresponsibly, and disgustingly, trying to silence another invited speaker.
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3 comments:
Lets see. The student group's intent was the "suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship" and yet they are calling others fascists.... Interesting. It looks like they replaced all the dictionaries with Chomsky at the Columbia Library.
Frickin Idjits!!!!
I'd like to hear Ayn Rand speak. Then watch her have sex again with Greenspan.
Sorry. I'll come back when I can be serious.
Lily, you don't like Ayn Rand?
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