Trying to teach students to tolerate disagreeable speech

Image:  About a dozen students gathered at the Culver Family Welcome Center on the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh’s campus in February to participate in the first of a new discussion series designed to promote open and civil discourse on the First Amendment. Called It’s Just Coffee, the idea was lifted from a student-led initiative of the same name. The upgrade to an official system initiative comes with one change: Wisconsin system president Jay O. Rothman will now participate in each...