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Ryan Foresman, staff writer Hawes Spencer was hosted by PVCC for free speech day; his talk was titled “Free Speech, Does it deserve to exist after Aug 12th?” He is also the author of the book Summer of Hate written in the 4 months after the August 11-12 Unite the Right rally. He asked hard […]
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Anna G. Agee, staff writer As students filed into the North Hall Meeting Room, at PVCC, Doug Smith, a co-host from National Public Radio and “Your Weekly Constitutional,” stood at the front of the room a few more remarks about our first amendment with a stack of miniature Constitutions. His co-host, Stewart Harris, was running behind. Connie Jorgensen, Assistant […]
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A monument in tribute to free speech week stood in the parking lot of our school from Oct. 19 through Oct. 23. The writing on the wall said many things throughout the week. Arguably the most important fact about the monument consisted of the fact that someone wrote on the wall every day. Connie Jorgensen, […]
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To kick off free speech week at Piedmont Virginia Community College, Connie Jorgensen, assistant professor of political science, booked Joshua Wheeler to give his speech “Heritage or Hate: Free Speech and the Confederate Flag” in room 229 on Monday, Oct. 19. Wheeler is the executive director of The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of […]
Continue ReadingOn Sunday, Oct.30, Piedmont Virginia Community College’s (PVCC) V. Earl Dickinson Theater, along with the PVCC Political Club and Charlottesville’s Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Speech, hosted an evening with comedian Chris Bliss. For anyone who is familiar with Bliss’s unique style of entertainment, labeling him a stand-up comedian may feel like an under-sell: he is also billed […]
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