The Mobile Nest is inside the Lehr Room where Bill Ayers is scheduled to speak tonight. Got a Tall cup of Starbucks house blend, a medium roast and medium body coffee, by my side. Wasn’t real delightful until I poured caramel-flavored Splenda into it. Much much better.
Okay, let’s be honest, you don’t care about what coffee I’m drinking. You wanna know what’s going on here at Millersville University. Is it chaos? What are the protesters like? Has Vietnam erupted all over again?
The answers: No, it’s quite orderly. I couldn’t tell you because there appears to be NO PROTESTERS. And I doubt the NVA or the 101st Airborne Division is stalking the Quad.
Ayers did visit the Nest for a one-on-one interview, and your favorite blogger asked him point blank - “Are you sorry about the Weather Underground?” His answer is “Absolutely.” But he’s just not sorry the way everyone expects him to be. Complicated? Sure. Wanna know more. His answer will be in tomorrow’s Intell.
So enjoy your evening! And barring an unforeseen circumstances, this whole Ayers controversy will pass and our lives go on tomorrow.
Update: About a dozen protesters ended up gathering outside the Student Memorial Center on South George Street, but they were mostly benign. Honestly, the curiosity seekers, the students who neither had tickets nor cared a whole lot, outnumbered the protesters.
Ayers has been speaking now for an hour. He’s answering pre-screened questions. No one stood and walked out, nobody’s sitting here with protest signs, no OUTRAGE! (writing “outrage” in all caps must be credited to Gil Smart).
