Show Fahrenheit L i i L L. Michael Grisley Contributing Writer Approximately students swarmed into a campus food court in protest at the Utah Valley State College campus when the student government announced that Michael Moore will be speaking on campus October 22 Moore a documentary film filmmaker filmmaker filmmaker maker has been in the public eye recently for his record breaking film Fahrenheit 9 The film which is the highest grossing documentary produced to date has become a popular topic of discussion and controversy among of republicans cans and democrats Moore was not chosen as a potential candidate because of his political views but for being a credible filmmaker The student government government government govern govern- ment has an annual budget of for their speaker series and has full authority to decide who will speak People view it as political which I totally understand I said Jim Bassi student body president Our reason for bringing him in is to showcase his talent for producing persuasive persuasive persuasive persua persua- sive films With the student body governments government's governments government's governments government's gov gov- announcement that Moore will be speaking on campus came protests against the speaker and the decision of the student body government to invite him to speak Critics of Moore claim that his films fall into the propaganda category rather than documentary Protestors also resent the student stu stu- student stu- stu dent body government for spending nearly the whole years year's budget to bring in one divisive speaker While the decision to have Moore speak still stands there is another option for the students students stu stu- dents who protested the decision decision decision deci deci- sion of the student body gov gov- This option came in the form fonn of Sean Hannity a conservative talk-show talk host who will speak on the campus October 11 less than two weeks before Moore The decision to invite Hannity to speak at was initiated by school administrators tors including Michael Mower a member of the Board of Trustees who said it is the proper prop prop- er role of academic institutions to present different viewpoints for intellectual discussion Even with the announcement by the student body government government government govern govern- ment to have Hannity speak at atthe atthe atthe the campus some students still arent aren't satisfied Sean Vreeland an Army Reservist and senior at said student fees are being wasted on punditry- punditry either Moores Moore's or Hannity's Moore will be paid plus travel and security expenses es to speak on campus Hannity waived his fee but butwill butwill butwill will be compensated for his travel expenses Instead of having having hav hav- ing the two political extremists speak Vreeland felt it would bemore bemore be bemore more valuable to have representatives representatives representatives from the Bush and Kerry campaigns speak on campus While tickets to hear Michael Moore speak are sold out tickets tickets tick tick- tickets ets for Sean Hannity are still available through X and the McKay Events Center |