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Student activists at Wesleyan University sent angry letters calling for the student government to defund The Wesleyan Argus, the university&#039;s student newspaper, after the publication ran a op-ed criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement. (Creative Commons Photo by OZinOH via Flickr)

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Kevin Truong: Offensive statements should not be shut down, but start conversations

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Students at Wesleyan University, the prototypical liberal arts college tucked away in a quaint small town, are raging against their student newspaper, sending angry letters and calling for mass boycotts.

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Kevin Truong: Offensive statements should not be shut down, but start conversations

By Kevin Truong

Oct. 1, 2015 1:54 a.m.