When the University of Wyoming cancelled a scheduled speech by Chicago's 60s radical Bill Ayers, a university student sued the school on behalf of Ayers. Associated Press reports on Monday's U.S. District Court proceedings:
U.S. District Judge William Downes heard more than five hours of testimony and arguments Monday in the quest by University of Illinois-Chicago professor William Ayers to force the school to allow him to speak.
UW President Tom Buchanan testified that the decision to bar Ayers from speaking on campus this week was based on concerns about the safety and security of Ayers, students and faculty. He said he thought violence was possible if the speech was allowed because of the types of threats the school received, which were unlike any "I have seen in my 30 years at the University of Wyoming."
An off-campus speech is scheduled for Wednesday and the judge's decision is expected Tuesday.
