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'Daily Texan' Addresses Berkeley Chancellor's Chilling Campus E-mail
The Daily Texan at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) has published a examining University of California, Berkeley, Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau's recent e-mail to the campus community following the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona. The Daily Texan questions Birgeneau's e-mail in the context of his prominent position, pointing out that "this power can be used to stifle discourse." The editorial also draws connections between the chilling effect of Birgeneau's e-mail and the speech codes at UT that restrict student speech. In addition to The Daily Texan's , be sure to read Adam Kissel's and Erica Goldberg's insightful commentary here on The Torch.
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