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April 16, 2008 — Scott Johnson

Discomfort at the University of St. Thomas: An update

We have followed the University of St. Thomas’s refusal to allow Star Parker to speak on campus here and here. UST vice president Jane Canney asserted that no speaker sponsored by the Young America’s Foundation (as Parker was to be) would be allowed to appear on campus during her reign. Yesterday UST partially backtracked and announced that Parker will be speaking on campus as scheduled on April 21, but under »
April 8, 2008 — Scott Johnson

Petty tyranny at the University of St. Thomas

The University of St. Thomas is the major private university in the Twin Cities, with campuses in both Minneapolis and St. Paul. It is a Catholic institution, but it also worships strange gods at the shrine of political correctness. After Ann Coulter addressed a standing room only crowd that mobbed the university’s O’Shaughnessy Auditorium in 2005, the school’s president — Father Dennis Dease — condemned Coulter’s talk as “hateful speech.” »
May 8, 2005 — Scott Johnson

Meet Katie Kieffer

Today the St. Paul Pioneer Press gets around to covering the story of the estimable St. Thomas senior Ms. Katie Kieffer, her founding of the St. Thomas Standard, and her work in bringing Ann Coulter to speak at St. Thomas. Pioneer Press reporter Rob Hubbard interviewed Ms. Kieffer and lets her speak in her own words in “Student finds Coulter inspiring.” We’ve heard from several readers who have found Ms. »
May 4, 2005 — Scott Johnson

In which St. Thomas keeps digging

What’s it like to be a conservative student on a college campus run by liberal adminstrators? Consider the case of St. Thomas College senior Katie Kieffer. Ms. Kieffer is the founder of the St. Thomas Standard, the new campus conservative periodical, the former leader of the St. Thomas chapter of the College Republicans, and one of the students who arranged for Ann Coulter to speak on campus. Ms. Kieffer introduced »
May 3, 2005 — Scott Johnson

Drawing lines

University of St. Thomas President Father Dennis Dease has heard from several readers regarding his characterization of Ann Coulter’s April 18 talk as “hateful speech,” and several have also forwarded Father Dease’s reply. Here is the substance of his reply: I want to reiterate that I do not have any objections to inviting conservative speakers to our campus. In fact, we welcomed David Brooks to St. Thomas earlier this year. »
April 29, 2005 — John Hinderaker

Katie Kieffer Reports

We contacted St. Thomas senior Katie Kieffer and asked for her report on Ann Coulter’s appearance at St. Thomas. Ms. Kieffer’s report provides a valuable counterpoint to the columns by the Star Tribune’s fatuous columnist as well as to Father Dease’s condemnation of the event: Here are my thoughts on the atmosphere at the Ann Coulter event. Please note that the quotes are accurate to the best of my knowledge, »
April 29, 2005 — Scott Johnson

Hateful speech revisited

On April 18 Ann Coulter spoke at the University of St. Thomas campus in St. Paul, Minnesota. When the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s fatuous columnist wrote a characteristically bullying column accusing Coulter of “hate speech,” he provoked a reaction among the administrators on campus. Before long, university president Father Dennis Dease issued a statement condemming Coulter’s speech as “hateful,” despite the fact that he had not attended it or deigned to »