Free Speech Crisis at Arizona State University

In a scathing Monday letter to the governing body of the Arizona university system, the former events manager at Arizona State University’s auditorium, who was fired after booking Dennis Prager and other right-wing speakers, accused the school of conniving to censor speech and punish employees who stood in its way.

The saga began in January when ASU faculty learned that the T. W. Lewis Center for Personal Development within ASU’s Barrett Honors College had invited right-wing pundits Charlie Kirk and Dennis Prager and economist Robert Kiyosaki to speak at the center in the coming weeks.

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In a scathing Monday letter to the governing body of the Arizona university system, the former events manager at Arizona State University’s auditorium, who was fired after booking Dennis Prager and other right-wing speakers, accused the school of conniving to censor speech and punish employees who stood in its way.

The saga began in January when ASU faculty learned that the T. W. Lewis Center for Personal Development within ASU’s Barrett Honors College had invited right-wing pundits Charlie Kirk and Dennis Prager and economist Robert Kiyosaki to speak at the center in the coming weeks.