Spent 2 hours trying to figure out why my university uninvited that Milo guy in 2016

I was digging through old news articles about the Berkeley protests and finally found the actual email chain from the student group that invited him. Turns out the administration pulled the invite because of a security cost estimate of $600,000, not because of what he was going to say. Took me way longer than it should have to find that detail buried in a public records request. Has anyone else run into hidden financial reasons behind a speaker getting cancelled?

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mia_singh243d ago

Right? $600k is wild. Makes you wonder what else got quietly axed over budget.

jackson.jenny3d agoMost Upvoted

My buddy said his school's art program just vanished without a peep, said the notice went straight to spam.