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Something Newsy Ep. 12 – Freedom of Speech on Campus

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Our topic for this week is covering freedom of speech, specifically on college campuses. Although conservative circles have been crying that freedom of speech is restricted to liberal ideas in higher education, The Mesa Press examines the extent to which that is actually true.

All of the opinions expressed here are that of the Mesa Press.

Libni Galicia – host

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Erik Acosta

Saida Hassan

Cara Williams

Leo Abustan

Sources:

  1. http://time.com/4955245/milo-yiannopoulos-berkeley-free-speech-week/
  2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/09/23/uc-berkeley-says-free-speech-week-is-canceled-milo-yiannopoulos-says-hes-still-coming-to-campus/?utm_term=.f56687828632
  3. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/03/16/the-campus-free-speech-crisis-is-a-myth-here-are-the-facts/?utm_term=.c73c0bc142e3
  4. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.economist.com/united-states/2017/10/12/free-speech-at-american-universities-is-under-threat#ampf=undefined
  5. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.economist.com/open-future/2018/09/10/what-should-a-commitment-to-free-speech-on-campus-entail#ampf=undefined
  6. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/03/15/christina-hoff-sommer-free-speech-under-attack-college-campuses-cathy-young-column/424704002/
  7. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-campus-speech-20180427-story.html
  8. https://www.washingtonpost.com/

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Saida Hassan
Saida Hassan, Opinions Editor
Saida is a third year student at San Diego Mesa College and is an Economics major. This is her second semester being part of The Mesa Press staff. She adores German Shepherds and hopes to transfer to UCSD or UCLA. An introvert, she loves writing because it allows her to be more expressive than in person. After graduating with her bachelors in Economics, she hopes to work for the U.S. Department of Commerce or The Economist.
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