SALT LAKE CITY – The president of Utah State University is responding to accusations that the institution acted irresponsibly after a threat against feminist speaker Anita Sarkeesian.
President Stan Albrecht says those accusations are completely inaccurate. He says the school immediately started working with police and communicating with Sarkeesian's staff after receiving the email threatening a mass shooting.
But he says in a new letter that USU had to follow a state law prohibiting universities from taking away concealed weapons from valid permit holders. Sarkeesian canceled her talk on women and video games last week, calling it mindboggling that guns would be allowed despite the threat.
The president's statements come in response to a letter signed by about 200 faculty and students saying guns on campus pose a threat to free speech.
