David Valdes Greenwood
Lecturer, Tufts University
Arlington
Dan Kennedy responds: Greenwood and I do not disagree on the facts of the Primary Source fiasco, but, rather, on what those facts mean. By publicly castigating the editors for engaging in “harassment” and “creating a hostile environment,” the student-faculty disciplinary committee clearly acted as censors, sending a chilling message throughout the campus about what kind of speech will and will not be tolerated at Tufts, now and in the future.
Editor’s note: Due to a reporting error, an article about the fifth district congressional campaign in the most recent Phoenix implied that Niki Tsongas fired her field manager. In fact, that field manager resigned to take a position at a nonprofit organization.
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