TO THE EDITOR:
Defying the possibility of violent protests and attempts to oppress free speech that occurred at California universities where Ben Shapiro had been scheduled to speak, UNC College Republicans bravely carried on by hosting the conservative speaker last night.
There was tension as black-shirted students wound their way around the venue to finally take their seats. As predicted, they did walk out. What a shame. A fine but definitively left-leaning university fails to live up to the very definition of a liberal arts education — “to open one’s mind”.
Diversity seems to matter in race, gender and class as Shapiro sharply noted, but never in diversity of ideas. UNC College Republicans under Frank Pray have been happy warriors in continuing the David vs. Goliath battle at a prestigious but biased university.
Janie Wagstaff
Durham
