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Adam Kissel’s Colorado College Lecture Available on Multimedia Page
On April 21, FIRE's Adam Kissel visited Colorado College to give a speech on "The Free Expression Myth on America's Campuses." Adam has blogged about his lecture and media tour, and now we are able to offer you the entire audio of his speech, along with a Q&A session with the students and faculty at Colorado College. Visit our multimedia page for this latest episode of FIREside Chats and be sure to check back next Monday when we will be talking with Hayden Barnes about his on-going lawsuit against Valdosta State University.
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