<p>There have been a lot of big time speakers at UCSB, both liberal and conservative, and one nice thing is that I never saw a speaker having to suspend his speech due to protesters which has happened at many other schools. Also, when Ward Churchill spoke a few years ago, the College Republicans protested outside Campbell Hall where he was speaking. The club hosting Churchill allowed the CRs free admission into the event because they wanted the CRs to at least hear what Churchill was saying, and they listened to his entire speech without making any noise (though it did get pretty contentious in the Q&A period after the event). That goes to show that relations between differing political clubs is very professional.</p>
<p>By the way, little known fact, Fox News’ Sean Hannity got his first radio gig at UCSB’s student radio station, KCSB. He was fired for being too politically controversial. You can read the whole story here:</p>
<p>[The</a> Santa Barbara Independent Let Freeform Ring](<a href=“http://www.independent.com/news/2009/nov/23/let-freeform-ring/]The”>Let Freeform Ring - The Santa Barbara Independent)</p>