Geert Wilders - The Temple News

Keeping Visibility

20 September 2010 Editorial Board

Temple Student Government should reflect on its past to plan ahead. Temple Student Government held its first Senate meeting yesterday [see Page 2 for coverage] and will have its first State of Campus address Monday,

TU Purpose aims to open dialogue among students

01 December 2009 Don Hoegg

Through events such as Dutch politico Geert Wilders’ speech, TU Purpose President Alvaro Watson said he hopes to promote social discourse.

Amid dissent, Wilders delivers speech on campus

27 October 2009 Abe Rosenthal

The controversial politico was met with protests and opposition when he addressed a packed lecture hall in Anderson Hall.

Letter to the Editor: Ayesha Butt

26 October 2009 Editorial Board

Dear editor, In response to Geert Wilders visiting Temple, I am appalled that such an institution would invite such a bigot. His speech is not free speech but religious racism disguised as free speech. He

Letter to the Editor: Qaiser Abdullah

26 October 2009 Editorial Board

Dear editor, I attended the presentation by Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders on Temple’s Main Campus on Tuesday, October 20. He touched on the concept of free speech, however, it came over as a mere ruse

After a stirring show of speech, Wilders remains unwelcome

26 October 2009

Geert Wilders’ visit to set off a domino effect’s worth of emotions, speech, debate and hate-mail.

Wilders comes and goes at Main Campus

21 October 2009

Editor’s Note: Look for more coverage of the Geert Wilders event in next week’s issue of The Temple News and on temple-news.com. Geert Wilders came and went Tuesday night, though whether he changed any minds

TSG Senate meeting gets emotional over “hate speech” coming to campus

20 October 2009

Emotions ran high at yesterday’s third Temple Student Government Senate meeting. It had nothing to do with the Green Fee proposal, or the fact that the Green Fee student support list is now 1,600 signatures

Wilders loses sponsor, but will speak tonight

20 October 2009

Controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders will make his Main Campus debut tonight – but only after losing a student sponsor and almost being canceled.