Rally urges University of Wyoming to let former ’60s radical William Ayers speak on campus
By Bob Moen, APThursday, April 22, 2010
Wyoming rally denounces ban of Ayers’ address
LARAMIE, Wyo. — Some University of Wyoming students and faculty are denouncing the college’s refusal to let former 1960s radical William Ayers speak on campus.
About 80 people attended a rally Thursday organized by a group calling itself Wyoming Students for Free Speech. UW student Meg Lanker says the university should be a place where ideas can be heard and debated.
Lanker and Ayers are suing the university for not allowing the University of Illinois at Chicago professor speak on campus next Wednesday. Lanker invited Ayers for the event after the university canceled a previous lecture he was to give on education issues.
A federal court hearing is set for Monday on whether UW should be forced to allow Ayers on campus.
Ayers’ past ties to President Obama created waves on the campaign trail.
