Conservative journalist Milo Yiannopoulos will talk at CU Boulder on Jan. 25 as part of a national college speaking tour.
The CU Boulder student organization chapters of the College Republicans and Turning Point USA invited Yiannopoulos, technology editor for Breitbart News, to speak on campus. The free event will be held at 7 p.m. in the Mathematics Building, room 100. Ticket details and other information can be found at .
Over the years, the CU Boulder campus has hosted events featuring prominent figures with liberal and conservative perspectives. Those include appearances by Edward Snowden (via听videoconference), Antonin Scalia,听Karl Rove, Howard Dean, Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, John Ashcroft, Ann Coulter听and Rudy Giuliani, to name only a few.
CU Boulder Chancellor Philip DiStefano said that the campus will continue to be a forum for a variety of viewpoints, including those that are controversial.
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Chris Kohl, president of the CU Boulder College Republicans, said that the organizations invited Yiannopoulos so that students could hear about social justice issues in a unique format.
鈥淗e鈥檚 talking about really important issues, and he鈥檚 contentious,鈥� Kohl said. 鈥淚 hope people who attend will listen to his message of challenging social justice ideologies without fear. That鈥檚 refreshing and not always popular.鈥�
