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...sure everyone’s thankful for that. On Oct. 4, Columbia student protesters rushed the stage during a speech by Jim Gilchrist, the founder of the Minuteman Project. The ensuing fistfight prevented Gilchrist from even starting his speech. It was an embarrassment to Columbia’s administration and the entire student body...
...flurry of opinion pieces today in the Spec, a Columbia senior offers the first substantial defense "on behalf" of those who stormed the stage: When we walked on stage on the night of Oct. 4, with anti-racist banners for immigrant rights, we were met with violent attacks by Gilchrist's goons. We were the ones who were punched and kicked. We are proud that despite these attacks, we held our ground. When Gilchrist walked off stage, it was because he and his Minutemen outfit were isolated...
OUTRAGE AT COLUMBIA over Wednesday's brawl at a speech by Jim Gilchrist, founder of the anti-immigration Minuteman Project. Students stormed the stage, prompting a melee with Gilchrist supporters and an abrupt end to the event. The Spectator had the late-breaking details yesterday, and follows today with the fallout, while national media outlets catch on to the story as well...
...Gibson candidacy is a long shot, not least because the movie star has not shown any interest in Schwarzenegger's job. But Spence thinks conservatives may have another way to show their displeasure?by backing Jim Gilchrist, the founder of the Minuteman Project, which is agitating against illegal immigrants, and a possible independent candidate in the general election. As it stands, with a Democratic challenger expected to get full support from the party's re-energized base, strategists say Schwarzenegger will need to draw a big chunk of votes from conservative Republicans, who make up about 67% of the Republican...
Mark Petracca, a professor of political science at the University of California at Irvine, says Gilchrist has made illegal immigration a "fulcrum issue, around which revolve most of the other issues people care about," such as education, taxation and health care...