Demands for ‘safe’ spaces lead to campus debates

NEWTON – While many Massachusetts campuses have become battlegrounds over acceptable forms of expression – such as what constitutes "hate speech" or should be considered "safe spaces" – resistance to "political correctness" has also cropped up in what amounts to a debate over a fundamental American freedom. Even President Barack Obama commented at a town hall in September that he didn't agree that "students at colleges have to be coddled or protected from different points of view."

NEWTON – While many Massachusetts campuses have become battlegrounds over acceptable forms of expression – such as what constitutes "hate speech" or should be considered "safe spaces" – resistance to "political correctness" has also cropped up in what amounts to a debate over a fundamental American freedom. Even President Barack Obama commented at a town hall in September that he didn't agree that "students at colleges have to be coddled or protected from different points of view."…