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Letting the Eagle Soar

December 03, 2007 04:51 PM ET | Alison Go | Permanent Link

Former Attorney General John Ashcroft spoke at Cornell University yesterday amid disruptive protests, the Ithacan reports. According to one of the protesters, their goal was to oppose Ashcroft's policies, which he can't really do anything about anymore because he's now just a lobbyist. But I'm sure he still sings.

Corrected on 12/04/07: Ashcroft spoke at Cornell University, not Ithaca College as originally posted.

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disruptive protests?

Why is it that our 'world of academia', that puts so much emphasis (yea, right) on listening to points of view and screams (read whines) the loudest when their point of view is overrun or ignored...why are the people (students and faculty) so quick to disrupt anybody with a different point of view than their own?

Ashcroft spoke at Cornell University, not Ithaca College.

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov07/ashcroft.cover.html

It is nice to finally see a sound view point instead of the praising of this protest on various other web sites.

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