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Extremist speakers a challenge for U.S. campuses (AP)

Is a college campus a place for all views to be aired, or are some public figures too extreme to deserve the platform?

Itâ??s a question numerous colleges have wrestled with, but perhaps none more frequently of late than Columbia University in New York. The topic is front-and-center again over the invitation to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak there Monday.