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FIRE’s Shibley to Appear on CNN’s ‘Lou Dobbs Tonight’
FIRE Vice President Robert Shibley is scheduled to appear on tonight's edition of Lou Dobbs Tonight on CNN, which airs at 7 PM Eastern time. Robert will be discussing the growing censorship of gun-related speech on campus. Media interest in the topic has been growing since Central Connecticut State University's campus newspaper, The Recorder, reported that student John Wahlberg faced a police interrogation after giving a class presentation in favor of the right to carry concealed weapons on campus. Tune in to find out more about this important free speech issue!
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