February 20, 2009 - 02:53 pm
News Feed: Colorado

Ayers/Churchill Smackdown!

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Too entertaining to not mention, from the Colorado Daily:
Two of academia's most controversial left-wing figures - ex-Weatherman Bill Ayers and fired University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill - will share a stage on the Boulder campus next month.

Three CU student groups recruited Ayers, a lightning rod of controversy during the 2008 presidential election, to speak at an academic-freedom rally just days before Churchill's lawsuit against CU goes to trial.

"What we're trying to show with this event is that Ward Churchill is not alone in this," said Aaron Smith, a recent CU graduate and member of Students for True Academic Freedom.

The March 5 event, "Forbidden Education and the Rise of Neo-McCarthyism," will be held at the Glenn Miller Ballroom, and also will feature author and activist Derrick Jensen.

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