Students crowded all available space in the Mead Witter Room. Photo by Hikari Mine. Reporting contributed by The Lawrentian Editorial Board On Monday, May 22, many Lawrence students gathered in the Warch Campus Center’s Mead-Witter Room for the last LUCC General Council meeting of the term. The unusually large turnout was fueled by the presence…
Letters to the Editor: Recent Free Thought Event
The mission of Students for Free Thought is to create a place to examine controversial issues rationally, scientifically and objectively. Last Wednesday, May 17, we hosted an event to address the issue of free speech, especially as it relates to comedy. We showed a documentary that presents a perspective on this topic not usually voiced…
Student Outcry over Free Thought Group
Photo by Allegra Taylor. On Wednesday, May 17, a screening and discussion of the 2015 film “Can We Take a Joke” was held in the Wriston Auditorium. The movie focused on the nature of freedom of expression, making the claim that modern society is too easily offended. The event, organized by Students for Free Thought,…
Students for Butt-Hurt Thought
On Wednesday, the “Students for Free Thought” group held a showing of “Can We Take a Joke?”, a documentary featuring various comedians discussing the supposed dangers of political correctness and what they refer to as the “outrage mob.” I was one of many students who filled Wriston Auditorium in protest of the event, which had…