Ayers video conference canceled, students to hold lecture on academic freedom in its place

by E Wayne Ross on March 31, 2009

BC Heights: Ayers video conference canceled, students to hold lecture on academic freedom in its place

The Boston College administration has decided not to allow a video conference with Bill Ayers, who was scheduled to speak in person at the University tonight, to take place on campus. The event was originally organized by the BC chapter of Americans for Informed Democracy (AID); it was canceled on Friday out of what a statement from the Division of Student Affairs cited as “concern for the safety and well being of our students and respect for the local community where the alleged actions of the Weather Underground continue to reverberate today.”