Princeton Prez ‘Embarrassed’ By Students’ Hatred Of Free Speech – Fox News

By Dan Jackson, Campus Reform

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber both recently decried the intolerance toward free speech exhibited by liberal college students.

In a letter published in the latest edition of Princeton Alumni Weekly, Eisgruber begins by declaring that he emphatically endorses a 2015 faculty statement affirming Princetons institutional commitment to the broadest possible construction of free expression, but notes that the actual state of affairs on many campuses, including Princetons, is often hostile to that bedrock principle.

Many people worry about the state of campus speech today, and understandably so, he writes. Higher education has been embarrassed by appalling incidents such as the one at Middlebury College, where protesters shouted down Charles Murray and some physically assaulted him and his host, Professor Allison Stanger.

Princetons own Professor Peter Singer was interrupted repeatedly when he tried to speak with an audience at the University of Victoria in Canada, Eisgruber continues, but points out that instances of civility receive much less attention.

When Rick Santorum spoke at Princeton in April, for instance, he notes that students asked sharp, tough questions, and Santorum defended his position vigorously, rather than attempting to prevent the former senator and presidential candidate from speaking.

When the event ended, Eisgruber recounts, Santorum thanked Princetons students for being very polite and respectful, adding, This is what should happen on college campuses.

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