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UConn Implements Special Rules for Ben Shapiro Talk

January 23, 2018

Ben Shapiro, a conservative critic of American universities, plans to talk at the University of Connecticut at Storrs on Wednesday night, but only UConn affiliates and a list of pre-set invitees can come, according to UConn officials. The university has implemented new rules for some speakers after an appearance by Lucian Wintrich in late November turned ugly — but an organizer of Shapiro’s speaker series notes that the university didn’t put in place the same restrictions when Clarence Thomas accuser Anita Hill spoke last week.