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February 1, 2003
FREE SPEECH
Envoronmental Extremism

By William Sadler
Staff Writer

     FRESNO STATE -- This morning university officials are standing behind their decision to invite a questionable group of radicals to meet with students and discuss somethjing called "revolutionary environmentalism". However, in the interst of fairness, the administration has just announced that it would close the two-day February 13 and 14 event to the public.
     One of the featured speakers at the event will be Rodney Coronado, of the Animal Liberation Front. Coronado was convicted of arson and was sentenced to four years in prison the 1992 fire-bombing Michigan State University animal labs.
     The Earth Liberation Front are set to appear at the conference. This group has claimed responsibility for starting a fire last year at the University of Minnesota.
     Fresno State administrtators have been publicly scorned for using public monies promoting revolutionary environmentalism. However, Prof. Ellen Gruenbaum, of the College of Social Sciences at Fresno State, told reporters the conference is supposed to bring to light many of the tactics employed by revolutionary environmentalists, not promote them.
     She said the conference was a chance to have "dialogue and debate" about their tactics. The university's department of political science and public administration, are sponsoring the event.
     Gruenbaum criticized what she terms as " hostile characterization of the conference." In the face of bad press, the administrators closed the meeting to the public.

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