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‘Grown Up’ Snowflake Watch: Berkeley Faculty Boycott Their Jobs to Protest Free Speech Week

“This is a clear threat to public higher education.” ByEmily Zanotti “Hurricane Ben” may have finally blown through the University of California Berkeley, but the school is bracing for an even more terrifying storm known as “Free Speech Week,” and Berkeley’s faculty is not happy about it. As part of its new commitment to embracing all views, the campus is playing host to the four-day long event, sponsored by the Berkeley Patriot, the on-campus conservative student newspaper. From September 24th through the 27th, Berkeley students will be treated to speeches from a number of controversial right-leaning speakers, including firebrand Ann… View Article