An essay by Harvey A. Silverglate ’64, top, and Samantha Kors Harris ’99, below, that took issue with Princeton’s free-speech policies, posted at PAW Online with the Oct. 26 issue, drew support from alumni readers.
“I find it ironic that a Princeton student has more liberty on the Nassau Street side of FitzRandolph Gate (or anywhere at Rutgers, for that matter), than three short steps to the east on the Nassau Hall side,” PETER S. PAINE III ’85 said in a comment posted with the essay. “This is unworthy of a great institution that counts among its alumni signers of the Declaration of Independence and the architect of our Constitution. I hope President Tilghman will remedy the ‘unconstitutional’ parts of Princeton’s policy and recommit the University to the freest possible exchange of ideas.”
“Regulating speech outside of that which equates to yelling fire in a crowded theater or words that lead to an immediate and reasonable fear of bodily harm is useless,” wrote MIKE MURBURG ’77. “When we do, we make free speech an oxymoron and fools of ourselves.”