<p>I agree with much of what you said Momophony, but this academic freedom you refer to has effectively been denied to many speakers at college campuses by organized groups of students who have prevented these speakers from speaking by shouting them down. The speakers have ranged from Gov. Scott Walker, David Horowitz, Karl Rove, Star Parker, the Israeli Ambassador, John Yoo and many others. UCI Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, an ardent defender of free speech rights and academic freedom, has argued, the actions of the students constituted a “heckler’s veto” and therefore crossed the line between acceptable and prohibited protest. Unfortunately, academic freedom is not always practiced as it should be at various colleges around the country.</p>