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> >This article from The Chronicle of Higher Education
> >(http://chronicle.com)
> >
> >
> > Tuesday, December 18, 2001
> >
> >
> >
> > Commencement speaker in Sacramento cuts her speech short after
> > heckling
> >
> > By THOMAS BARTLETT
> >
> >
> >
> > The winter commencement address at California State University
> > at Sacramento on Saturday was cut short when some audience
> > members, upset by the speaker's remarks that were critical of
> > the curtailment of civil liberties after September 11, began
> > stomping and booing.
> >
> > Janis Besler Heaphy, publisher and president of The Sacramento
> > Bee, left the podium after getting through slightly more than
> > half of her 10-minute speech.
> >
> > Some audience members booed when she asked "to what degree are
> > we willing to compromise our civil liberties in the name of
> > security?" The stomping began later when Ms. Heaphy expressed
> > concerns about racial profiling, and called proposed military
> > tribunals "troubling."
> >
> > "It was nearly impossible for her to continue," said Ann Reed,
> > a university spokeswoman, who was present at the event.
> >
> > About 13,000 people attended the ceremony, which was held in
> > Arco Arena, home of the Sacramento Kings basketball team. Ms.
> > Reed said that "a small segment" of the audience had booed or
> > stomped, and that most of those involved were not students.
> > There were 1,200 graduating students at the ceremony, and only
> > "one or two" of them were involved in the disturbance,
> > according to Ms. Reed.
> >
> > Donald Gerth, president of the university, called the speech
> > "very thoughtful."
> >
> > "Our students were not the ones causing problems," he said. He
> > added that several graduates apologized to Ms. Heaphy for the
> > behavior of the audience.
> >
> > Ms. Heaphy declined to be interviewed. She issued a statement
> > on Monday that said, in part, that "nothing that happened
> > Saturday changes my mind about the importance of raising these
> > issues or continuing to support those values and to call for
> > vigilance in defense of liberty."
> >
> > The text of Ms. Heaphy's speech has been posted on the
> > university's Web site.
> >
> >
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