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Biography of christina hoff sommers oberlin review: From her podium in Dye Lecture

Nick Farfan. Christina Hoff Sommers leans over the podium during her lecture. Protesters hung posters at the event venue, listened to the talk with their mouths covered with tape and hosted an alternate event. Emma Paul , Staff Writer April 24, Before Sommers arrived at Dye Lecture Hall, protesters covered the venue with signs criticizing her beliefs and the event.

The lecture hall was nearly full when approximately 15 protesters, their mouths covered with red duct tape, filed in and silently took their seats in the first few rows. More protesters followed, standing in the only room remaining at the back of the hall. Protesters and other students who opposed the event could not be reached for comment, but they described their opposition in a letter published in the Review last week.

But why should we? According to Nick Loucks, a current member of OCRL and —17 president of the club, the group extended the invitation after donors suggested Sommers as a speaker to include in the lectureship series. Loucks declined to name the donors who suggested Sommers.