UB Police are responding to threatening anonymous social media posts directed at students protesting a speech on campus to be given this evening by Allen West, a conservative political commentator and former Congressman.
Decision follows a recent change in guidance from the CDC and a decision by Gov. Kathy Hochul to lift the mask mandate in K-12 schools, as well as revised guidelines from SUNY.
This discussion provides a forum for free expression of ideas and opinions on these topics. It is inaccurate to characterize this event as “an attempt to cancel Thanksgiving.”