8/25/2011: Tickets here. Stefan Verbano of the RG explains the pros and cons. UO spokesperson Phil Weiler on the dispute: “Free speech is central to the academic mission of any university, and we want to let anyone on both sides of this issue to have their say,” Weiler said. Nice.…
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8/3/2010: From the Volokh Conspiracy, word on a potentially important circuit court decision imposing strict limits on when universities can charge controversial speakers for security. I don’t know if this will affect what UO does, e.g. with Pacifica Forum.
2/3/2010: Adam Kissell of The Foundation for Individual Rights has a good piece on Pacifica and free speech at UO: The “safety” rationale fails in the absence of truly proscribed speech, such as true threats (and even then, it would be unclear whether an individual threat would be enough to…