I am so happy the New York Times picked up on this story today. We first got wind of this controversy last week when a panelist from Colorado State sent us an email giving us a heads up on what was going down on her campus. Here's the deal...In responding to the now infamous "taser incident" that occurred on the campus of the University of Florida during a speech by former presidential candidate John Kerry, the editor of the Colorado State University campus newspaper wrote an expletive laced opinion piece criticizing the president Bush among others. The editorial whose original purpose was to generate some conversation in response to the tasing of University of Florida student Andrew Meyer, has instead lit an out of control blaze over the past week. Very candidly, we are thrilled. It is about time we start seeing students get passionate about macro social issues like free speech and politics in general. We aren't looking for Cal Berkeley of the 60s or 70s but it would be nice for us to see every once a while some student uproar over key issues, such as this one. We are not taking sides in anyway, we are just excited that the story and follow on stories are getting picked up and kids waking up today at Colorado State are talking about more than just last night's episode of Desperate Housewives. Please see for yourself by visiting the online version of the Colorado State campus newspaper, that a good number of these students are both articulate, thoughtful and passionate regardless of their stated opinions, which after covering the antics of Lindsay/Paris/Britney, is wildly refreshing. We will be following the outcome intently. A hearing on the fate of the editor of the paper is scheduled for October 4th.
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