Vermont is talking about the reaction of students to author Charles Murray appearing on campus. Professor stan Charles Murray were physically attacked after the attack bitterly attacked after the speech. Physically attacked after the speech. Prof. Stanger what happened to me . The story has been retold many times. Invited Charles Murray, rather controversial figure, libertarian scholar, to campus. He wasause they knew controversial, they invited me to ask three or four questions. This was back in march . Prof. Stanger the event was on march 2 and there was a runup to the event were tensions rose and rose that it was ripped whipped into a frenzy. Some students organized a shutdown of the speech that was successful. We went to a whipped remote loco simulcast the event. That is where you got the incident where i was injured outside the lecture hall. Middle bury college is where . Prof. Stanger middle bury college is in the Green Mountains of vermont, the champlain valley. In some sense, y
The Senate Committee on health, labor, education, and pensions will please come to order. We are holding a hearing on exploring free speech on College Campuses. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then introduce the witnesses. This is an exceptional panel. We look forward to learning from you. And, we thank you for coming. After your testimony we will each have five minutes of questions. Before we get into the hearing, i want to make a comment about the recommendations senator murray and i made to the senate, along with 22 other senators, equally divided republicans and democrats, for a shortterm bipartisan agreement to reduce each have five minutes of premiums and avoid chaos in the individual Insurance Market during 2018 and 2019. Individual Insurance Market during 2018 and 2019. Im very encouraged by what has happened since we introduced that a week ago. From the Congressional Budget Office yesterday which said in effect that as we believed the Alexander Mur
Green mountains of vermont, the champlain valley, so in some sense, you can in part explain the reaction because it is almost a bubble within a bubble. Every liberal Arts College Campus is something of a bubble, which is a good thing, because liberal learning takes place there, but it is in vermont, the home of ben jerrys, the home of bernie sanders, and also the states in the union with the smallest percentage of voters who voted for donald trump. That context is very important for understanding what transpired. Host how many students . Guest 2350 . Fairly small. Host i saw the Number Online that says that is what tuition and room and board costs for one year. Guest it is an expensive proposition, but we make a real effort to make the experience available to as many bright, capable young people as possible. Ahere are significant number of students on for financial aid. A greater number pay that enormous amount, which is quite extraordinary. Host where did you get your education . Gues
Impact elections in the u. S. And abroad. This is 90 minutes. Well, thank you, brad, for the kind introduction and let me start by thanking my friend Robbie George and his James Madison program on american ideals and institutions and bringing me to princeton its my first time here at this beautiful campus. I want to start with a personal story about my birthday. I happen to have been born on february 1st, 1985. But the february 1st is the point of interest here because on the persian calendar, i was born and raised in tehran, iran, on the persian calendar its the date on the Ayatollah Khomeini returned to tehran from his exile to herald the Islamic Revolution and founded the republic that took over after the shah was toppled. All of our relatives and friends would ask me, remind me what was your birthday and i would say february 1st. And they would always say because you brought the stench of the imam, which is terrible but its true. Why do i say that . None of my relatives were opposi
Impact elections in the u. S. And abroad. This is 90 minutes. Well, thank you, brad, for the kind introduction and let me start by thanking my friend Robbie George and his James Madison program on american ideals and institutions and bringing me to princeton its my first time here at this beautiful campus. I want to start with a personal story about my birthday. I happen to have been born on february 1st, 1985. But the february 1st is the point of interest here because on the persian calendar, i was born and raised in tehran, iran, on the persian calendar its the date on the Ayatollah Khomeini returned to tehran from his exile to herald the Islamic Revolution and founded the republic that took over after the shah was toppled. All of our relatives and friends would ask me, remind me what was your birthday and i would say february 1st. And they would always say because you brought the stench of the imam, which is terrible but its true. Why do i say that . None of my relatives were opposi