Good news from Columbia. According to this report, the administration is investigating, and apparently plans to punish the culprits. This article says relatively little about the outrage but a lot about the administration’s plans to use student “facebook” entries to identify the perpetrators. Apparently, a number of students set up a facebook group titled, “YES, I was there when Gilchrist (the speaker) was rushed faster than CUFT’s Quarterback.” Along with bragging about snuffing out conservative speech, one of this group is quoted as saying, “Yes, we were stupid, but we got our message across that we weren’t going to accept this (conservative speech) on campus.” Yes, you certainly did get your message across.

This poll shows that students overwhelmingly support the use of facebook files as part of the University’s investigation. I really know nothing about facebook, so I’m reluctant to comment on that angle. I just hope the issue of students storming a podium to silence speech of which they disapprove doesn’t get lost in the hubub about facebook. (Thanks to the reader who sent in these links.)