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Ayn Rand Institute Press Release www.aynrand.org/ NYU Caves in To Muslims' Pressure Mar. 30, 2006 IRVINE, CA--Yesterday, in a shameful act, NYU broke its own official policy and denied free speech to its students. After having approved the display of the Danish cartoons for a panel discussion on free speech, NYU's administration reversed its decision in the face of Muslim protests. A day before the panel discussion was to take place, NYU gave the student event organizers a non-negotiable ultimatum: if you display the cartoons we will close the event to non-NYU guests. This was in spite of the fact that NYU's own rules leave this decision to the student sponsoring organization. And even though the students opted for not showing the cartoons, NYU barred entry to at least two journalists and more than 30 registered guests. Even after learning that Muslim students had sabotaged the event by acquiring and destroying two hundred tickets to leave as many seats empty, NYU officials still refused to allow non-NYU guests to enter. In caving in to fear, in restricting and obstructing attendance, in forbidding the display of the Danish cartoons, NYU handed a victory to the Islamic totalitarians and their facilitators. In standing up to the destroyers of free speech, the NYU student sponsors of the free speech panel showed the courage that the NYU officials lack. ### ### ### Dr. Yaron Brook is available for interviews on the Ayn Rand Institute's ongoing campaign to bring the Danish cartoons to the widest possible audience--and to arrange a series of panel discussions to discuss the vital need to defend free speech. See the 12 Danish cartoons at ARI's Web site http://www.aynrand.org/site/R?i=SXk7vwoBV0ZbcccPVxQhZQ.. For more information on ARI's Campaign in Defense of Free Speech http://www.aynrand.org/site/R?i=B8VomwN4xf4mPSMlYzZ_5Q.. Dr. Yaron Brook is executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute and has appeared on hundreds of radio and TV shows, including FOX News (The O'Reilly Factor, Your World with Neil Cavuto, At Large with Geraldo Rivera), CNN's Talkback Live, CNBC's Closing Bell and On the Money, and C-SPAN. To book Dr. Brook for your show, please contact Larry Benson: 949-838-5137 (cell) 800-365-6552 ext. 213 (office) larryb@aynrand.org    Copyright (c) 2006 Ayn Rand(R) Institute. All rights reserved. ARI's press releases are solicitations sent to addresses obtained from commercially available databases and from Web sites that have an apparent interest in publication material. If you prefer not to receive future releases, visit our Web site to change your email preferences: http://www.aynrand.org/site/CO?i=qwO4UwuLd9GqHBF1lFT5T8DmTKAvcdpK&cid=0 The Ayn Rand Institute, 2121 Alton Pkwy, Ste 250, Irvine, CA 92606

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