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The newscaster hounded the girl under the camera light. "Don't you think this is an issue of free speech?" he said, drawing out the last syllable like a playground taunt.

As protesters, the media, and a nation’s attentions turn to Columbia, today’s appearance on campus of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is poised to become a watershed moment in the narrative of free speech for a university and its president.

Despite initial complaints from student leaders that they were not given enough time to plan a response to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech at Columbia, the campus quickly mobilized, and many students have united for a large speak-out today.