News & Politics
Is free speech is threatened on campus? We premiere mini-documentary Silence U Part 2: What Has Yale Become? and discuss it with filmmaker Rob Montz, comedian Jenny Yang of MTV's #BeyondTheWall, and UCLA undergrad comedian Nathan Mosher. 00:00 Episode Intro 01:00 Stage Intro 02:45 Toby Muresianu Standup 07:48 Jenny Yang Standup 14:25 Nathan Mosher Standup 20:54 Panel Discussion 21:54 Is free speech threatened at colleges? 23:55 Role of class in protests 40:00 Why is free speech an important issue even if campus blowups are relatively rare? 42:00 Speakers getting shouted down costs universities money 45:10 Right-wing students also in echo chambers? 46:45 Audience member: Class isn't the complete explanation for feeling alienated 52:42 Are safe spaces necessary? 54:44 Was it unreasonable to expect discourse in the Silliman courtyard? 56:10 Is Yale's notion of "home" actually an old concept?