Big time honor society Phi Beta Kappa has rejected George Mason University. The school has impressive credentials -- including a pair of Nobel laureates on faculty. But the school nixed a speech by left leaning film maker Michael Moore.
The school's President says it was about using $35,000 in taxpayer money to pay for the speech right before the election. Phi Beta Kappa -- saying their collective momma's didn't raise no fools -- weren't convinced. They say their rejection is about academic freedom -- stilling speech because it was political.
And in the weeks after the cancellation, the American Association of University Professors criticized the University and accused administrators of cancelling the speech simply to placate statehouse politicians who'd complained. (WashPost)
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