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ÃÛÖÏãÌÒ's Adam Kissel Discusses American University's Alex Knepper
At a forum sponsored by FIREfor Individual Liberty at the University of Virginia, Adam Kissel (director, Individual Rights Defense Program) of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education discusses a current controversy at American University in Washington, D.C., involving student journalist and political commentator Alex Knepper.
Knepper wrote a provocative op-ed in the AU Eagle newspaper about sexual behavior and "date rape" that has resulted in a firestorm of criticism and national attention.
Recorded on March 30, 2010, in Newcomb Hall on the grounds of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
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