Strong reactions to upcoming white nationalist college stop
CINCINNATI (AP) — The decision to allow white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak at the University of Cincinnati is generating strong reactions from the school community.
The university announced in October that it would allow Spencer to speak. At the time, UC's board of trustees condemned hate, but cited the fundamental right to free speech at a public university.
Messages to first-year president Neville Pinto and other administrators obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request show that crosstown basketball rival Xavier University was among the first to offer support.
Xavier spokeswoman Kelly Leon wrote in an email that her school would help in any way that it could.
She shared the Xavier leadership's Oct.