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Ahmadinejad at Columbia Roundup
One of the top stories in the nation today is the speech that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad just finished giving at Columbia University. on the speech from FOXNews.com, and video of the speech is available on the front page. The Columbia Spectator the event. Yesterday, on the debate over “extremist speakers” at colleges, quoting ֱ co-founder Harvey Silverglate. Finally, here on The Torch, ֱ’s own Sean Clark covered the contrast between Columbia’s invitation to Ahmadinejad and its disinvitation of Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist. We’ll also be following the fallout from Ahmadinejad’s visit in the coming days.
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