On February 15, the UNC-CH College Republicans are bringing Stephen Moore to campus to speak on a very non-sexy topic: “The End of Prosperity.” In order to get students to attend, they intend on doing extensive advertising, campaigning on campus, and informing professors. (It’s at the Kenan Center #2250 at 7:30pm, by the way.)
Two other speakers at NC schools probably won’t have any trouble attracting a student audience: Dr. Ruth (at Duke) and Larry Flynt (at UNC-CH).
UNC anticipates that the Larry Flynt speech, entitled “Sexually Explicit Speech and the First Amendment,” will be so popular that it is being held in the Great Hall and requires advanced tickets.
Dr. Ruth’s speech “Sexually Speaking” garnered eight cosponsors: Jewish Life, Rubenstien Silvers Hillel Student Board, DUU Major Speakers, Duke University Athletics, Student Health, SOFC, the Women’s Center, and Baldwin Scholars. I’ve never seen so many co-sponsors for anything academic, and certainly never for anything even slightly conservative.
Apparently sex and controversy sell–even in our hallowed halls of learning.
