Voice of controversy [ANN COULTER begins YAF tour @ Loyola L.A.: Coming soon to a college near YOU!]

Los Angeles LOYOLAN ^ | 11/30/05 | Rachel Jones

[RonDog]

From www.laloyolan.com:

Voice of controversy

Right-wing speaker will come to campus in January

By: Rachel Jones

Issue date: 11/30/05 Section: News

LMU will soon welcome the voice behind arguably the most feisty Barbie doll ever made. This January political commentator and outspoken conservative Ann Coulter will speak on campus in the Loyolan's fourth annual First Amendment Week.

Coulter signed on to speak last Wednesday, Nov. 23. First Amendment Week will be held Jan. 16 to 19, with Coulter speaking in Burns Back Court on Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m. The Loyolan is in the process of recruiting a liberal speaker for the same event.

Dr. Evan Gerstmann, the chair of the Political Science Department, spoke at the Loyolan's inaugural First Amendment Week in 2003.

"The First Amendment is at the core of any university's mission. Without the right to speak one's mind openly and to hear unfamiliar ideas, we don't learn and grow as people."

Gerstmann described Coulter as a "polarizing figure."

"I view her as having a detrimental impact on public discourse," he said. "She is often dishonest in her rhetoric and chooses to attack opposing ideas in the most extreme terms rather than look for common ground."

Loyolan Managing Editor Natalie Nordseth arranged Coulter's visit.

"We chose Ann Coulter because we knew she'd get people's attention," she said. "Coulter's speech will help remind the student body what the First Amendment allows, and I hope that it will encourage students to really think about their rights."

Coulter has written four New York Times Booklist bestsellers, most recently "How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)." Coulter currently writes a weekly column for Universal Press Syndicate. She has made guest appearances on a variety of television shows, from "Wolf Blitzer Reports" to "The O'Reilly Factor," and has been profiled in Harper's Bazaar and Elle magazines.

Tres Lillard, a junior communications major, is a big fan of Coulter. "I'm excited," Lillard said. "She's a blast to watch, she's really witty…she's become the big mouth for the Republican Party, which is something we haven't had for a while."

Coulter has a reputation for being a divisive public speaker. In October 2004, two University of Arizona students threw pies at Coulter while she was giving a speech in front of 2,500 people at the university. The men missed Coulter, but were arrested and spent the night in the Pima County Jail. According to the Daily Wildcat student newspaper, a student group known as "Al Pieda" claimed responsibility.

In a column after the incident, Coulter said, "Fortunately for me, liberals not only argue like liberals, they also throw like girls."

"Ann Coulter will probably offend many students," said Loyolan Editor in Chief Stephen A. Murphy. "But that's OK. This goes beyond liberal versus conservative, this is about our rights as Americans."

Murphy said that the Loyolan's First Amendment Week was made possible due to the "overwhelming success of our business staff" and the "cooperation and support of Student Affairs."

Even some of Coulter's employers have had trouble with her strong words. MSNBC fired Coulter after she told a disabled Vietnam War veteran, "People like you caused us to lose that war." She was also let go from the conservative online magazine National Review in October 2001 when she gave this suggestion on how to deal with Muslim terrorists: "We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity."

A letter to readers on the magazine's Web site maintains, "It was Ann who decided to sever her ties with National Review-not the other way around." USA Today hired Coulter in 2004 to provide commentary from the Democratic National Convention in Boston, but later rejected her column, entitled "Spawn of Satan Convention."

Coulter attended Cornell University and University of Michigan Law School, where she received her J.D. and served as an editor of the Michigan Law Review. She lives in New York City.

[RonDog]

See also, from www.YAF.org:

CALENDAR OF EVENTS  updated 1/12/06 Young America's Foundation reaches thousands of students across America's campuses each year. Click here to see where we've already been. If you would like to attend one of these lecture events, please contact Patrick X. Coyle at 800-USA-1776 for more information.
JANUARY 2006
01/13 01/19 01/24 01/26 01/26 01/28 01/31	Jason Mattera Ann Coulter Dinesh D'Souza Ward Connerly Ann Coulter Fred Barnes Dinesh D'Souza	Revolution '06 Conference, OH Loyola Marymount University, CA University of California―Los Angeles, CA Southern Illinois University―Carbondale, IL Philander Smith College, AR Georgetown University, Washington DC St. John's University, MN
FEBRUARY
02/06 02/07 02/9-11 02/10 02/15 02/16 02/16 02/16 02/16 02/17 02/17-18 02/19-26 02/21 02/22 02/22 02/23	Reginald Jones Fred Barnes Conservative Political Action Conference Ann Coulter Michelle Malkin Scott Rutter Ann Coulter Deroy Murdock Mike Adams Scott Rutter Young America's Foundation's President's Club Young America's Foundation's Winter Cruise Ann Coulter Ann Coulter John Krenson Ann Coulter	Bowdoin College, ME SUNY - Cortland, NY Washington, D.C. George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Oberlin College, OH Belhaven College, MS Purdue University, IN Hobart & William Smith Colleges, NY Penn State University, PA Chamberlain Hunt Military Academy, MS Florida Eastern Caribbean Denison University, OH Western Michigan University, MI SUNY - Brockport, NY Indiana University, IN
MARCH
03/01 03/01 03/02 03/09 03/13 03/22 03/22 03/23 03/28	Dinesh D'Souza and Michelle Malkin Dinesh D'Souza Star Parker David Horowitz Dinesh D'Souza Ken Starr Christian Hoff Sommers Ben Stein Roy Moore	University of Colorado, Boulder, CO Air Force Academy, CO Ohio University, OH Western New England College, MA Manchester College, IN Bates College, ME Hobart and William Smith Colleges, NY Canisius College, NY University of the Cumberlands, KY
APRIL
04/05 04/05 04/06 04/11 04/18 04/20-22 04/27	Kate Obenshain Griffin Reginald Jones Deena Burnett Rich Lowry David Horowitz Rawhide Circle at Opryland Zell Miller	Bates College, ME Noble and Greenough School, MA University of Minnesota, MN Truman State University, MO Marietta College, OH Nashville, TN Harding University, AR
MAY
05/05-07	Club 100 Reagan Ranch Retreat	Santa Barbara, CA
JUNE
06/29-07/02	National High School Leadership Conference	Washington, DC
JULY
07/31-08/05	National Conservative Student Conference	Washington, DC
This schedule is subject to change.

[RonDog]

Ann Coulter
02/10
George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Ping!

[RonDog]

Here is a MORE RECENT article about tomorrow's event...

...with a much longer TITLE (which did not fit into the thread title that I had carefully crafted for this thread)...

...from www.laloyolan.com:

First Amendment Week brings prominent voices

The week of activities aims to raise awareness on campus.

By: Rachel Jones

Issue date: 1/18/06 Section: News

The wait is over. Students longing to hear the voices of two controversial political commentators will have their chance tomorrow when Republican Ann Coulter and Democrat James Carville speak on campus as part of the Loyolan's fourth annual First Amendment Week.

First Amendment Week kicked off yesterday with an event in the Lair during convocation hour that featured a video of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Today at 5 p.m., the Loyolan will host an open forum in the Living Room to discuss the newspaper's strengths and weaknesses.

?"We wanted students to have the opportunity to criticize the newspaper so that we can continue to improve," said Stephen A. Murphy, the Loyolan's editor in chief. "This is everyone's newspaper, so we want to hear as much input as possible."

Journalists have long valued the First Amendment, which among other things forbids the United States government from infringing on freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

First Amendment Week was first held during the 2002-2003 school year and was not without controversy. Larry Flynt, the founder of Hustler magazine and head of Larry Flynt Publications, had accepted an invitation from the Loyolan to discuss freedom of speech. In a move that many saw as ironic, the administration barred Flynt from coming to campus, saying his message was not in line with the university's mission. The decision marked the first time Flynt had ever been denied the opportunity to speak at a university.

The main event this week will feature speeches by Coulter and Carville. It will be held tomorrow night at 6 p.m. in Burns Back Court. For more information on the two speakers, see the special First Amendment Week insert in this week's issue.

[Mercat]

We have the doll. My granddaughter loves it.

[Mears]

bump

[RonDog]

Young America's Foundation reaches thousands of students across America's campuses each year...

The YAFers also have an AMAZING photograph of our favorite conservative "poster girl" for sale here:

The Beauty of Conservatism

[kellynla]

Man I wish I could get to Loyola tomorrow night to see that!

AC will hand Carville his lunch! LMAO

[jude24]

Why Ann Coulter? If you take out the polemical rhetorical barbs, her columns are nothing more than Republican talking points.

I don't get what the fascination is with her. She's certainly not the most articulate spokesman the conservatives have. I've seen her "debate" Janet Reno - and Janet Reno cleaned the floor with her! Janet Reno!

[Emmett McCarthy]

This story involves another Jesuit - supposedly "Catholic" - school. I fully expect them to embarass themselves.

[Brilliant]

LMU will soon welcome the voice behind arguably the most feisty Barbie doll ever made.

Rachel sounds like a sexist.

[sarasmom]

To Rachel Jones:

"LMU will soon welcome the voice behind arguably the most feisty Barbie doll ever made."

Catty, bitchy, blatantly sexist, and self-hating anti-female derogatory comments are not a sign of journalistic expertise...in the real world.
Let me guess Rachel... you are either a liberal and/or a lesbian.
What I don't have to guess about it your intellect.

[A CA Guy]

That is a WOW picture of Ann.

How can she look that good and not have at least two children already? LOL

[Brilliant]

Gerstmann described Coulter as a "polarizing figure."

"I view her as having a detrimental impact on public discourse," he said. "She is often dishonest in her rhetoric and chooses to attack opposing ideas in the most extreme terms rather than look for common ground."

They way he describes her, you'd think she was Hillary.

[RonDog]

KEYWORDS: ANNCOULTER; BOOKTOUR; CONSERVATIVESTUDENTS; COULTER; HIGHEREDUCATION; TALKTOALIBERAL; YAF

Actually, Ann's college appearances this spring seem to be a part of her PRE-book tour. :o)

See also, from www.amazon.com:

The New Ann Coulter (Hardcover)
by Ann Coulter

Availability: This title will be released on June 6, 2006.
You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Crown Forum (June 6, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1400054206

[manwiththehands]

"We chose Ann Coulter because we knew she'd get people's attention," she (Loyolan Managing Editor Natalie Nordseth) said. "Coulter's speech will help remind the student body what the First Amendment allows, and I hope that it will encourage students to really think about their rights."

This sounds like condescending pandering. Oh, thank you, Mz. Nordseth for allowing us to kiss your @ss.

I wonder if Ms. Coulter knows she's being treated like a "token conservative".

[RonDog]

Man I wish I could get to Loyola tomorrow night to see that!

Actually, tomorrow's event is CLOSED to the general public. :(

LMU IDs will be required at the door.

For ALMOST everybody. :o)

[gotribe]

Bring food.

[hdstmf]

Some one should make sure Carville takes his medication and rabies shot.

[RonDog]

Why Ann Coulter?

If you take out the polemical rhetorical barbs, her columns are nothing more than Republican talking points.

LOL!

I guess that you missed that little Harriet Miers thing last year. :o)

Karl Rove should recognize LOTS of his GOP "talking points" here:

This is what 'advice and consent' means (Ann Coulter)
wnd.com ^ | October 5, 2005 | Ann Coulter
Posted on 10/05/2005 4:03:47 PM PDT by perfect stranger

I eagerly await the announcement of President Bush's real nominee to the Supreme Court. If the president meant Harriet Miers seriously, I have to assume Bush wants to go back to Crawford and let Dick Cheney run the country.

Unfortunately for Bush, he could nominate his Scottish terrier Barney, and some conservatives would rush to defend him, claiming to be in possession of secret information convincing them that the pooch is a true conservative and listing Barney's many virtues – loyalty, courage, never jumps on the furniture ...

Harriet Miers went to Southern Methodist University Law School, which is not ranked at all by the serious law school reports and ranked No. 52 by US News and World Report. Her greatest legal accomplishment is being the first woman commissioner of the Texas Lottery.

I know conservatives have been trained to hate people who went to elite universities, and generally that's a good rule of thumb. But not when it comes to the Supreme Court.

First, Bush has no right to say "Trust me." He was elected to represent the American people, not to be dictator for eight years. Among the coalitions that elected Bush are people who have been laboring in the trenches for a quarter-century to change the legal order in America. While Bush was still boozing it up in the early '80s, Ed Meese, Antonin Scalia, Robert Bork and all the founders of the Federalist Society began creating a farm team of massive legal talent on the right...

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