Fearing Political Backlash, President of Florida Gulf Coast U. Disinvites a Campus Speaker

By MICHAEL ARNONE

At Florida Gulf Coast University, the newest storm on the horizon is a Tempest, not a hurricane.

William C. Merwin, the university's president, announced on Wednesday that he was postponing the campus's annual celebration for freshmen out of fear that the invited speaker, Terry Tempest Williams, would turn...

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