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Nothing about that August 2005 new student orientation session seemed out of the ordinary. A week of ice-breakers and seminars, which often failed to compete with hangovers or the call of the St. Charles Avenue streetcars, was culminating in a convocation in Holy Name of Jesus Church.
Freedom of speech isn't always absolute. At least that's what economics professor Walter Block, the driving force behind what he calls the "big brew-ha-ha" of Loyola controversy that erupted in November after his speech at the Loyola College of Maryland, believes.