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Show Who's Leary Timothy Leary came to the University of Utah, spoke and departed. There were an estimated 4,000 students listening listen-ing to what he had to say, just like they listen to lectures everyday. every-day. They are given information that they must judge and determine whether valid or not. Our community, including the off campus press, raised a very important issue that is confronting the American society. so-ciety. Freedom of speech and the fear that there might be attempts at-tempts to restrict this expression were among the first concerns con-cerns of those inspired to write the Constitution of the Linked States. F.D.R. once said, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself." The fear that any individual in the United States might one day say something we suspect should not be heard is hardly justification for his censorship. It is time the press and society began integrating what they believe with what they do. Attempts to restrict freedom of speech should be left to the court system where all aspects can be fairly aired. |