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Student protesters staged a sit-in outside the chancellor's office last December. (Student Labor Committee at UC Berkeley) The chancellor at University of Califoia Berkeley has an exit plan in case student protesters storm his office. Nicholas Dirks, the school's chancellor, installed a $9,000 escape hatch in a hallway outside his office to "provide egress" if potential student protesters descend on the administratio...

Two professors at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul were kidnapped early Sunday, officials said. An Afghan security official said five gunmen wearing military uniforms captured an American and an Australian. The incident happened close to the university, according to Kabul police chief Abdel Rahman Rahimi. Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said in a statement that its embassy in Kabul was seeking to "verify reports of the kidnapping." Three other foreigners who were kidnapped in Kabul in the past year have been released. An Australian woman, Kerry Jane Wilson, was abducted in the easte city of Jalalabad in April. Her whereabouts are unknown. No group has...

Brown University officials say an alumni’s short film on censorship at the Ivy League school deserves a failing grade, but the man behind the camera says students and faculty have told him it is “spot on.” Rob Montz, who graduated in 2005 with a degree in philosophy, retued to the Providence, R.I., school to film and narrate a 13-minute documentary on the state of free speech at his alma mater. His findings, that the vaunted university’s liberal-minded administration stifled conservative voices, struck a chord with students and professors, he said. Related Image Expand / Contract Montz retued to his alma mater and found free speech in short supply. (Courtesy: Rob Montz) “There has...

Brown University officials say an alumni’s short film on censorship at the Ivy League school deserves a failing grade, but the man behind the camera says students and faculty have told him it is “spot on.” Rob Montz, who graduated in 2005 with a degree in philosophy, retued to the Providence, R.I., school to film and narrate a 13-minute documentary on the state of free speech at his alma mater. His findings, that the vaunted university’s liberal-minded administration stifled conservative voices, struck a chord with students and professors, he said. Related Image Expand / Contract Montz retued to his alma mater and found free speech in short supply. (Courtesy: Rob Montz) “There has...

Brown University officials say an alumni’s short film on censorship at the Ivy League school deserves a failing grade, but the man behind the camera says students and faculty have told him it is “spot on.” Rob Montz, who graduated in 2005 with a degree in philosophy, retued to the Providence, R.I., school to film and narrate a 13-minute documentary on the state of free speech at his alma mater. His findings, that the vaunted university’s liberal-minded administration stifled conservative voices, struck a chord with students and professors, he said. Related Image Expand / Contract Montz retued to his alma mater and found free speech in short supply. (Courtesy: Rob Montz) “There has...

Brown University officials say an alumni’s short film on censorship at the Ivy League school deserves a failing grade, but the man behind the camera says students and faculty have told him it is “spot on.” Rob Montz, who graduated in 2005 with a degree in philosophy, retued to the Providence, R.I., school to film and narrate a 13-minute documentary on the state of free speech at his alma mater. His findings, that the vaunted university’s liberal-minded administration stifled conservative voices, struck a chord with students and professors, he said. Related Image Expand / Contract Montz retued to his alma mater and found free speech in short supply. (Courtesy: Rob Montz) “There has...

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister vowed Saturday to fight terrorism “at all costs” after 20 people were killed after Islamic gunmen took dozens of hostages during a 10-hour siege at a restaurant. The victims included two students from Emory University in Georgia and nine Italians. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina condemned the attack while pledging to stand up and fight the terror threats that has mushroomed in the country, Reuters reported. “We are committed and determined to uphold or freedom,” Hasina said, adding that Bangladesh will fight the terror threat “at all costs.” Our thoughts and prayers go out on behalf of Faraaz and Abinta, their friends and family for strength and peace at this ...