2018 UA Conversation on Campus Free Speech

On Sept. 5, 2018, the University of Arizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences presented “The Haury Conversation on Campus Free Speech.”

The panel discussed the boundaries of free speech on campus, where there is often a tension between adhering to the legal guidelines of free speech and promoting a non-hostile learning environment.

The panelists included some of the most prominent voices in the country on the topic of free speech: Sigal Ben-Porath, author of “Free Speech on Campus”; Noam Chomsky, an outspoken advocate for free speech; and Nadine Strossen, lawyer and former president of the American Civil Liberties Union. The panel was moderated by famed First Amendment attorney, Bob Corn-Revere. Trevor Timm, the co-founder and executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, also spoke.

[tarnopol]

You know, for about 70 years Chomsky has given the same answer to the same type of question. Has anyone caught on yet? Here's how it goes:

1) Q: What is the simple formula we can apply to this complex human situation?

2) A: There is no simple formula; just competing principles you need to apply in a nuanced way in given contexts.

3) Q: Thanks, Noam! Next question: What is the simple formula we can apply to this complex human situation?

4) A: [To self.] I obviously picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue.

And so on. :) Great discussion!

[mattbarros]

What exactly happened to Bertrand Russell?

[PatriciaLopez-zoqy]

U know in innocent in all this idk how ND why is happening but is fucked uo

[tarnopol]

I'd err on the side of treating the university more like general society than minors, etc. They are, or should be, adults. That said, the distinction between home and public is very apt; big shock Noam pointed that out. As usual, you can't tweet An Answer, but, as usual, the problem is not so impossible to manage. Not by a long shot. But, you know, we want the hysteria--both/all sides. I'm as guilty of that as anyone; it's a. problem. Like junk food. :)

[buddinganarchist]

Funny to see a CATO guy defending the left

[cortext_io]

It may be 2AM, but I have 20% of what is being said. Perhaps I am hearing a different dialect... I think I am hearing the language by the name of one culture... so then to not perpetuate that hegemony, one should not use that ASCII? I get the non-verbals, though! Keep it up drama! But after this Great Anxiety, we may hit a down drama with these messages being propagated. Peculiar, indeed