Free Speech on Campus? It’s ‘Complicated,’ Say College Officials

It’s a scene that’s played out on college campuses many times before: A controversial speaker gets on stage, only to be met by protest from a segment of the audience. While Holy Cross downplayed the latest instance of that conflict – a talk by conservative author Heather Mac Donald on campus that was interrupted by a brief demonstration by students – it and other colleges in the region have begun to confront the task of figuring out how best to corral the issue of free speech.