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Atlanta, GA | Posted: August 5, 2010
Summary Sentence:
Susan Herbst writes on preparing for hostile forums
Full Summary:
"We may be in a relatively ugly political culture for a while. Hopefully, it isn’t the "new normal" for American politics, but time will tell, and in the meantime, academic leaders need to give it far more thought than they have," writes Susan Herbst, chief academic officer of the University System of Georgia and professor in Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy. Article includes video of students heckling Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren at the University of California at Irvine on February 8th.
Heckler at UC Irvine Feb 8"We may be in a relatively ugly political culture for a while. Hopefully, it isn’t the "new normal" for American politics, but time will tell, and in the meantime, academic leaders need to give it far more thought than they have," writes Susan Herbst, chief academic officer of the University System of Georgia and professor in Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy.
Article includes Feb 8th video of students at the University of California at Irvine heckling invited guest, Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren.
