Opinions
Volume 143, Number 10
- Debate over recent speakers is good for the campus
A little controversy is healthy. In the wake of speakers Ayaan Hirsi Ali and F.W deKlerk, I was excited to witness the arousal of the combined intellect of the University—faculty, staff and student—as people debated every aspect of the speakers: what they had to say, their invitation to speak at the University, what hidden agenda might underlie lectureship series such as the Forum, and what the fallout from these speakers would potentially be.
- Hirsi Ali presents important questions to the University
Ayaan Hirsi Ali was invited to the University as part of the “Global Leadership: Questions for the 21st Century” speaker series to share her views on a very hot, contemporary topic. She spoke about the increasing spread of Islam throughout the Westernized world, the cultural implications such a spread holds and the facets of the Islamic doctrine that can lead to the subjugation of women and violently-expressed fanaticism.
