Hampshire College president bans media from talking to students, protesters from entering campus

AMHERST — The president of Hampshire College is digging in his heels and defending his school's controversial decision not to fly the American flag on campus, having recently announced in a college-wide email that protesters will be banned from school grounds following Sunday's demonstrations. "The demonstration itself, was for the most part, peaceful," President Jonathan Lash wrote in an email sent Tuesday, which was obtained by CampusReform.org. "But with so much outside attention and interes

AMHERST — The president of Hampshire College is digging in his heels and defending his school's controversial decision not to fly the American flag on campus, having recently announced in a college-wide email that protesters will be banned from school grounds following Sunday's demonstrations. "The demonstration itself, was for the most part, peaceful," President Jonathan Lash wrote in an email sent Tuesday, which was obtained by CampusReform.org. "But with so much outside attention and interes…