University of Wyoming Cancels Bill Ayers visit

University Web Site ^ | March 30, 2010 | University of Wyoming News Release

[Si vis pacem]

News Release Statement on Cancellation of Professor William Ayers's Visit to UW

March 30, 2010 -- The director of the Social Justice Research Center at the University of Wyoming cancelled the scheduled appearance of Professor William Ayers. The director announced his decision to the UW administration late Monday evening and noted there are no plans to host Professor Ayers in the future.

In his communication to the administration, the director apologized to the university community for any harm that may have come to it and cited personal and professional reasons, including safety concerns, for the cancellation.

In response, Tom Buchanan, president of the University of Wyoming, said, "I appreciate the consideration for the university that the re-evaluation demonstrated." Buchanan thanked the director for taking this initiative and for his willingness to respect the interests of the UW community, including statewide constituencies.

"Re-evaluation of this event was unavoidable. One way or the other, this event needed to be revisited, and I respect the director for being willing, on his own, to cancel this invitation. I'm satisfied with the outcome," Buchanan said.

He continued, "Academic freedom is a core principle of any institution of higher education. But with that freedom comes an obligation to exercise free thought and free speech in concert with mutual respect and acknowledgment of broader resource and security impacts on the campus. The exercise of freedom requires a commensurate dose of responsibility.

"Observers in and outside of the university would be incorrect to conclude that UW simply caved in to external pressure. Rather, I commended the director of the center for a willingness to be sensitive to the outpouring of criticism, evaluate the arguments, and reconsider the invitation.

"The University of Wyoming is one of the few institutions remaining in today's environment that garners the confidence of the public. The visit by Professor Ayers would have adversely impacted that reputation.

"During the past few days, controversy over Professor Ayers's visit has been intense. While this episode illustrated an opportunity to hear and critically evaluate a variety of ideas thoughtfully, through open, reasoned, and civil debate, it also demonstrates that we must be mindful of the real consequences our actions and decisions have on others."

Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2010

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Why would they schedule a talk presented by a terrorist in the first place?

Does he still live at the same place in Chicago?

Is he being properly harassed on a daily basis?

[a fool in paradise]

Also, the “improper surveillance” was bad behavior by the man known as “Deep Throat” in the Watergate case.

[Blue Turtle]

Hey, he is Obama’s friend. The least we can do is hear about their wonderful times together.

[Marty62]

Wow has the FBI changed.
Now if you just think something they will arrest you.
But, Ayers gets to live the good life after ACTUALLY bombing govt buildings.

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Grathwohl claims
Larry Grathwohl, an undercover FBI agent who infiltrated The Weather Underground, claimed that Ayers wanted to overthrow the United States government. In an interview in January 2009, Grathwohl stated that:

“The thing the most bone chilling thing Bill Ayers said to me was that after the revolution succeeded and the government was overthrown, they believed they would have to eliminate 25 million Americans who would not conform to the new order.”[55]

In response to Grathwohl’s claims, Ayers stated that:

“Never said it. Never thought it. And again, Larry Grathwohl, I don’t know him today, but certainly the FBI was an organization built on lies.”[55]

In an interview with ABC7 reporter Alan Wang, Ayers stated that “Now that’s being blown into dishonest narratives about hurting people, killing people, planning to kill people. That’s just not true. We destroyed government property,” said Ayers. However, when asked if he ever made bombs, Ayers replied: “I’m just not going to talk about

[highlander_UW]

Perhaps because it was the "Social Justice Research Center at the University of Wyoming"?

Is this "social justice research center actually affiliated with the Univ? and if so, why? I guess that why question is rhetorical...I understand universities are full of marxists and like.

[MrB]

Time for division - at state borders.

If you want to be a lefty, go on that side of the line.
If you want to live free, this side.

Seeya!

[Si vis pacem]

I honestly do not know why anyone one would invite Bill Ayers anywhere. My guess is is that they thought they could get away with it under the guise of academic freedom. University donors are actually keeping tabs on what universities are doing and I for one am glad that this is the case!!

[Marty62]

I wonder how THAT case is coming along? /S

[highlander_UW]

Is he being properly harassed on a daily basis?

I don't advocate anyone being harassed, I just question the legitimacy and wisdom of anyone who would schedule a terrorist to educate our children.

[A_Former_Democrat]

In other words, big donors let it be known NFW this idiot speaks here

[highlander_UW]

I honestly do not know why anyone one would invite Bill Ayers anywhere. My guess is is that they thought they could get away with it under the guise of academic freedom. University donors are actually keeping tabs on what universities are doing and I for one am glad that this is the case!!

My alma mater wouldn't think twice about inviting a criminal like Ayers, so I'll never donate any money to the support of the school.

I wonder if the total costs of the liberals running the universities could ever really be quantified. I bet it's billions.

[southernsunshine]

“The exercise of freedom requires a commensurate dose of responsibility”

This is the root of most all that ails our society. The “safety net” that our government demands for “those less fortunate” is allowing those who refuse to accept personal responsibility to infringe upon the freedoms of the responsible.

Not expecting individuals to suffer the consequences of their failures is doing them an extreme disservice.

One cannot become a productive member of society without the ability to recognize personal choices/actions have consequences. Being allowed to face the consequences of personal choices, one will develop the skills to adjust accordingly.

Good to see the University make a sound decision.

[Terry Mross]

Hell, Hillary is not going around welcoming terrorists to the country. I’m sure Pelosi can find a few to go get on her government jet.

[two23]

The “presidents” friend is a controversial homegrown, leftists terrorist—why is he even walking the streets, no less running a campus talk circuit?
0bama’s commie terrorist buddy.
Unreal.

[ETL]

"he was part of the “Weather Underground,” an anti-Vietnam War group"

Correction: a PRO-communist, pro-North Vietnamese group who wanted the North Vietnamese communists to win the war

From American Thinker, September 16, 2008
Article: Obama's Foul Weather Friends
By Scott Swett and Roger Canfield

"As a gesture of solidarity, the Vietnamese who [Bernardine] Dohrn met in Budapest presented her with a ring made from an American aircraft shot down over North Vietnam. Bill Ayers would receive a similar ring while meeting with Vietnamese communists in Toronto. He later recalled being so moved by the gesture that he 'left the room to cry.' "

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/obamas_foul_weather_friends.html
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From David Horowitz's FrontPageMag.com/DiscoverTheNetworks.org:
"FBI files from 1976, recently made public under the Freedom of Information Act, confirm the connections between Weatherman, Havana, and Moscow. Weatherman leaders like Mark Rudd traveled illegally to Havana in 1968 to engage in terrorist training. There, camps set up by Soviet KGB Colonel Vadim Kotchergine were educating Westerners both in Marxist philosophy and urban warfare."
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6808
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"Their founding document [the Weather Underground's] called for the establishment of a "white fighting force" to be allied with the "Black Liberation Movement" and other "anti-colonial" movements[1] to achieve "the destruction of US imperialism and the achievement of a classless world: world communism."..."-Berger, Dan (2006). Outlaws of America: The Weather Underground and the Politics of Solidarity. AK Press, 95.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weatherman_Underground#cite_ref-Berger_0-0

[Red in Blue PA]

Why was an appearance scheduled in the first place????

[ICAB9USA]

News Release Statement on Cancellation of Professor William Ayers's Visit to UW

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Excellent. Unfortunately my alma mater did not do the right thing. Pitt had the sicko (Ayers) speak on Friday. Unreal.

[popdonnelly]

Professor Ayers is a leftist dumbass.

[bigbob]

UW is probably one of the least politically-correct universities around. Lots of gunracks on campus last I knew.

[hondact200]

why is not this numbnuts in prison. unrepetant terrorist and his unrepentant nut wife. Opps I forget it is the Unversity of Chicago - diversity is so essential. Diversity my backside. shove it and shove these two pieces of proverbial dog dung in a prison. Next shut down the bastions of liberal training grounds University of Chicago, Harvard, Yale, University of Wisconsin- madison and so on. Where liberalism reigns enheeded it is shut down. the buildings areleveled and a plaque is posted to show the consequences of arrogance and lunacy. we have a pantywaist pissant whom is nothing but a fruit, nut and flake and he is not from California.