"The University of California, Berkeley, and the community around it have been symbols of free speech for more than 50 years," writes Chancellor Nicholas Dirks. "But today Berkeley is facing extraordinary challenges to living up to this legacy.
" The campus has become a magnet for groups who seek to use the site of the birth of the Free Speech Movement as a staging ground for violence and disruption."
Read the full article in the Opinion section of The New York Times.