A week after the Tom Tancredo fiasco at UNC Chapel Hill, a conservative student organization is bringing another former legislator to campus to speak.
Youth for Western Civilization, the small UNC-CH student group that last week brought the former Colorado congressman to campus for what turned out to be an aborted speaking engagement, will tonight present Virgil Goode, a former Virginia congressman.
Goode will speak at 6:30 p.m. at the student union on campus.
Meanwhile, student groups bothered by the western youth student group — which has been assailed by some and labeled racist — are organizing a "Speak-out for Diversity" at the same time.
That event will be at The Pit on campus, and is intended, according to a press release, to "allow students from a variety of different groups and backgrounds to explain why they are opposed to the goals of Youth for Western Civilization and why they believe in fostering an educational environment that allows all people to thrive."
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Sounds promising...
Wed, 04/22/2009 - 16:47 — KWCoronaLets just hope these students can keep their counter-event in it's designated area and perhaps refrain from using intimidation and harrassment as a means to censor speech.
Thriving
Wed, 04/22/2009 - 15:19 — FlowerpowerPandering, coddling, pampering, indulging, enabling is prevalent in education today, but this only serves to hurt students rather than to help them thrive. No matter what ethnic group you represent, it is up to you to struggle to achieve your goals; it is not about being catered to and given an education--having an education handed to you on a silver platter. Keeping Western standards high--but attainable with struggle and work--is what keeps the quality intact, and quality is what most immigrants seek when they come to America.
Labels and labeling
Wed, 04/22/2009 - 14:31 — Mike_DinfosIt is interesting that "illegal" has become a race and that by expressing a less than accepting view of "illegals" is deemed to be racist. No doubt it will be said that implications are as meaningful as direct expression. The direct expression thus far is that of intollerance of intollerance. As in many such issues, both sides are right and wrong at the same time. How's that for diversity?
The meaning of diversity
Wed, 04/22/2009 - 13:26 — FlowerpowerIt's too bad these young students don't understand "diversity" means hearing all viewpoints, and not just those that pander to various ethnic groups. Diverse: Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.
educational environment for who?
Wed, 04/22/2009 - 11:34 — Taxpayer2008"...why they believe in fostering an educational environment that allows all people to thrive."
Uh..except for those opposing the far left.