Berkeley Still Has Many Lessons to Learn About Free Speech
by Harmeet K. Dhillon The University of California at Berkeley made headlines September 14 for what should have been a routine occurrence: a lecture by conservative commentator Ben Shapiro on campus. Observers have been quick to deliver kudos to new UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ for “allowing” Shapiro to speak on the notoriously liberal campus. Not so […]
Students and Community Members Eagerly Want Shapiro, Berkeley Bureaucrats Say Wait
Young America’s Foundation (YAF) and Berkeley College Republicans (BCR) continue preparations to welcome New York Times best-selling author Ben Shapiro to UC-Berkeley on September 14 at 7:00 p.m. in Zellerbach Hall. Sadly, campus administrators continue to let bureaucratic roadblocks delay the release of free tickets to allow students and community members to secure a seat […]
Berkeley Charges Conservative Students $15K To Exercise Their First Amendment Rights
UC Berkeley is forcing conservative students to shell out more than $15,000 in security charges to host Ben Shapiro, just as Berkeley’s chancellor unveils plans for the school’s “free speech year.” Most campus groups would be unable to cover this cost, but Young America’s Foundation and its concerned supporters are stepping in to pay what […]
Berkeley Attempts To Justify Unconstitutional Practices In Panicked Response
In a desperate attempt to justify its unconstitutional suppression of free speech, attorneys representing UC-Berkeley sent a bizarre email to attorneys representing Young America’s Foundation. Seeming to forget all the viewpoint-discriminatory restrictions it has placed on conservative students and their events, Berkeley claimed that it “absolutely does not intend to prevent Ms. Coulter from coming to […]
If Berkeley Won’t Protect Its Students’ Rights, YAF Will
There’s more to the story than what Berkeley laid out in the self-serving and inventive narrative employed by the school in response to Young America’s Foundation’s letter dated April 20. When conservative students at Berkeley decided to host Ann Coulter through Young America’s Foundation’s campus lecture program, the school had plenty of notice. But instead of moving forward […]
UC-Berkeley Shreds Constitution to Undermine Coulter
Ahead of next week’s scheduled campus lecture by Ann Coulter, UC-Berkeley is pulling out all the stops in an attempt to prevent students from hearing a conservative viewpoint. These dirty tricks of the Left have been used for years to stifle free speech, obstruct the free exchange of ideas, and persecute conservative students. Citing an unwritten policy that […]
