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Student protesters disrupt controversial speaker at UNM

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The University of New Mexico became the latest stage for a now-familiar campus drama on Thursday, when student protesters disrupted a controversial speaker’s event and reignited discussion on the state of free speech on American college campuses. The protesters chanted, “We don’t want you here!”

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Police Crackdown on Nationwide Protests

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Protests have been met with police force, including widespread arrests. “Protests can be very effective at getting an issue into national media,” said Dr. Omar Wasow, an assistant professor of political science at University of California Berkeley who studies civil rights-era protests of the 1960s.