EXPERIENCE PAYS

Ever wonder if the university is bieng unfair in closing the trial of Roberto Hernandez to Cal students at large (while allowing qualified media presence)? I wager it's a matter of experience, especially with the "Third World Liberation Front" of which Hernandez was part. In 1998, the group, which held rallies, hunger strikes and building seiges (that dwarf SJP) on behalf of ethnic studies department funding, seized a courtroom were some unethical demonstrators were under trial. It amounted to extortion, IMHO.

Can the university discriminate and allow some students in, and not others? That would ultimately be unfair and ineffective, especially if the university is truthful in asserting that some witnesses and judging panel need to remain anonymous. The question should now be: what kind of reporters are allowed? Have they written pro-university articles perviously, or are they of mixed perspective? More if I determine an answer.

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