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Middlebury College’s Cancellation of Conservative Polish Speaker Prompts Calls for Investigation – of Inviters

Matthew McDonald

Middlebury College canceled a forum last week that was going to feature a conservative Polish politician in part because of a planned protest called "Ryszard Legutko is a f——- homophobe."

College officials said they couldn't guarantee the speaker's safety.

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U.S. Senator Calls on Harvard To Abandon Anti-Single-Sex-Organizations Policy

Matthew McDonald

Indiana U.S. Senator Mike Braun has called on Harvard to reconsider its policy of withholding certain benefits to students who belong to single-sex organizations.

Braun, a Republican and a graduate of Harvard Business School, said he is worried about future attempts at social engineering by the university.

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