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GU’s “mission and values”

Mon., Dec. 31, 2018

I graduated from Gonzaga University in 2001. That year we asked that Star Parker come and speak on campus. A nameless GU administrator said she did not meet the ‘mission and values’ of Gonzaga University and would not be permitted to speak. As a student body we asked if we could see the rules and review them to make sure they were not capricious and arbitrary. We got no answer.

Ben Shapiro is being denied an opportunity by invitation to speak at GU, because he does not meet the ‘mission and values’ of the university. The common denominator; they both are conservative. I will not donate to Gonzaga in the future.

John Bunch

Mead

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