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Princetonians for Free Speech participated for the fifth time at the 5th Annual Campus Free Speech Roundtable, hosted by North Carolina Congressman Greg Murphy, MD, held in Washington, D.C. on December 12th. Read the press release: Murphy Hosts 5th Annual Campus Free Speech Roundtable.
This year, Executive Director Angela Smith represented PFS at this event. The purpose of the 90-minute roundtable was to hear from free speech experts, engaged alumni, representatives from the Trump Administration, and lawmakers about the importance of protecting free speech in higher education. Watch the Roundtable livestream video
Participants in the meeting included:
Members of Congress who participated include: Greg Murphy (NC), Burgess Owens (UT), Bob Onder (MO) and Randy Fine (FL).
PFS appreciates the opportunity to participate in this event to further an understanding in Congress about the state of free speech and academic freedom on college campuses. We agree with Congressman Murphy’s statement, “Students should be taught how to think critically and encouraged to share their beliefs without fearing for their safety or being penalized academically."
Princetonians for Free Speech works on behalf of students, faculty and alumni to protect free speech, academic freedom and viewpoint diversity at Princeton. Thank you for helping us advocate for a culture of free and open discourse at Princeton and beyond.
Stuart Taylor Jr., president of "Princetonians for Free Speech" and an RCP contributor, joined Tom Bevan, Friday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, to talk about the Trump administration’s decision to suspend hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to Princeton.
They discuss this piece by Christopher Rufo and Ryan Thorpe in City Journal: "Princeton’s War on Civil Rights"
by Stuart Taylor Jr. & Edward Yingling
National Review
Excerpt: Princeton University is tiptoeing toward canceling its greatest president and a founder of our nation in a process that its trustees and president Christopher Eisgruber accelerated on October 2 by announcing that they would leave the statue of John Witherspoon in its prominent place on Firestone Plaza — but probably only for now. The issue has been punted to the “Campus Art Steering Committee” to decide whether the statue should be moved, or removed.
by Zeke Douglas Rosenthal, Edward Yingling, and Wyatt Browne
Daily Princetonian
Excerpt: On Wednesday, in response to a wave of national campus encampments in response to the war in Gaza, Vice President for Campus Life W. Rochelle Calhoun wrote in an email to the student body that “any individual involved in an encampment, occupation, or other unlawful disruptive conduct who refuses to stop after a warning will be arrested and immediately barred from campus.”
