As Donald Trump prepares to be inaugurated Friday as the nation’s 45th president, university students and officials are bracing for an escalation in campus political clashes and the sticky free-speech issues they present. The UC president at the time, Mark Yudof, denounced Farrakhan’s message, but defended his right to speak. I am a little surprised why some of my colleagues don’t see that.”Ralph Washington Jr., UC Student Assn. president, said students had the right to protest and called on administrators not to defend oppression in the name of free speech. He said some students believe their complaints about racist, sexist or homophobic remarks by other students, faculty and staff members have been dismissed by administrators.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 16, 2017 13:00 UTC