TENSION AT UCONN TONIGHT...
OVER A CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL
COMMENTATOR.. SPEAKING TO
HUNDREDS ON CAMPUS.. HE HAS
SPARKED CONTROVERSY AND
PROTESTS...IN THE PAST.
SECURITY áBEEFED UPá ON CAMPUS
TONIGHT...ANNE?THIS COMING
JUST MONTHS.. AFTER ABSOLUTE
CHAOS BROKE OUT.. DURING A
FAR-RIGHT POLITICAL
COMMENTATOR'S SPEECH AT UCONN..
BACK IN NOVEMBER. LUCIAN
WINTRICH WAS GIVING A SPEECH
TITLED "ITS OKAY TO BE WHITE".
A WOMAN SNATCHED HIS SPEECH
NOTES FROM THE PODIUM..
TRIGGERING AN ALL-OUT MELEE.
TONIGHT'S SPEAKER -- BEN
SHAPIRO -- HAD HUGE PROTESTS
BREAK OUT.. AT U-C BERKELEY
BACK IN THE FALL. NINE PEOPLE
WERE ARRESTED. SHAPIRO IS THE
FORMER EDITOR-AT-LARGE AT
BREITBART. WE HAVE TEAM
COVERAGE FOR YOU TONIGHT...
NEWS 8'S MARIO BOONE AND BOB
WILSON BOTH LIVE IN STORRS...
BOB, UCONN WASN'T TAKING ANY
CHANCES TONIGHT....
TONIGHT UCONN CAN BE PROUD
EVERYONE BEHAVE THEMSELVES.
CONSERVATIVE SPEAKER BEN
SCHAPIRO SPOKE HIS MIND, AND
STARTED OFF BY TARGETING THE
CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER ON THE
CAMPUS, IN THE SPEECH THAT
FOCUSED ON THE IDEA OF THE
COLLEGE KIDS ARE CODDLED TOO
MUCH.
BEN SHAPIROCONSERVATIVE SPEAKER
BITE"I'M ALWAYS AMAZED A
LITTLE BIT, AT THE UPSET MY
SPEECHES CAUSE. APPARENTLY I
HAVE HEARD THAT I'M A DANGER
TO THE STUDENT BODY IN
SOMEWAY, AND SO MUCH SO THAT
THE UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATE VICE
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF DIVERSITY
OFFICER, THE MOST USELESS
TITLE IN ALL OF ACADEMIA, SENT
A LETTER SUGGESTING THAT
STUDENTS WHO FEEL THREATENED
BY MY PRESENCE SHOULD REACH
OUT TO THE CULTURAL CENTERS
AND THE DEAN OF STUDENTS OR
THE UNIVERSITIES OFFICE OF
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES."IT WAS
ALL QUIET IN THE ROAM COMMONS
ON THE UCONN CAMPUS. THERE
WERE NO FIREWORKS, SMOKE
BOMBS, BROKEN GLASS OR ARRESTS
TONIGHT... THERE WAS A HEAVY
RING OF SECURITY AROUND THE
ROOM, MORE THAN 50 POLICE
OFFICERS, SECURITY GUARDS AND
FIREFIGHTERS, STOOD BY TO
INSURE FREE SPEECH. NICK
VERTEFEUILLESENIOR"IT WAS GOOD
TO HEAR ONE SIDE OF THE ISSUE
AND LET OTHERS HEAR THE OTHER
SIDE, WE SO OFTEN DON'T LISTEN
TO EACH OTHER AND JUST
SHOUTING AT EACH OTHER."STAND
UP:TO INSURE FREE SPEECH ONE
OF THE FIRST THINGS SCHAPIRO
DID WAS ASK ANYBODY DISAGREE
WITH HIM. PLEASE RAISE THEIR
HAND GHOST UP TO THE
MICROPHONE THEY GOT TO CUT THE
LINE IN THE ASS FOR YOU? AND
AGE AND A DIALOGUE WITH HIM IN
THE FACTS.DAN SITKOVETSKIY
SENIORBITE I WISH THERE WAS
MORE OF THAT, I THINK MOST OF
THE OPPOSING VIEW WAS OVER IN
THE DODGE CENTER OR THE ANTI-
SCHAPIRO RALLY. WE NEEDED MORE
DISSENTING OPINIONS.HE
ADDRESSED THE TRANSGENDER AND
WOMEN'S MOVEMENT, DESPERITY IN
CRIME AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
BETWEEN RACES, AND ALSO THE
FACT HE BELIEVES COLLEGE
STUDENTS SHOULD NOT BE
COMPLAINING ABOUT ANYTHING, IN
THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE
WORLD WITH THE BEST EDUCATION
THE WORLD THEY CAN DO ANYTHING.
BEN SHAPIROCONSERVATIVE SPEAKER
BITE"IN THE FREEST COUNTRY IN
THE WORLD, NO ONE CARES ENOUGH
ABOUT YOU TO GET IN YOUR WAY,
AND COLLEGES UNFORTUNATELY
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THINK AND
TEACH THE OPPOSITE MESSAGE,
THAT ANY FEELINGS THAT YOU
HAVE IN YOUR LIFE, ARE DUE TO
SOME INSTITUTIONAL PROBLEM."
