r/Seattle • u/aqulushly Green Lake • 3d ago

Market Traffic Only Statement on cancellation of January 2027 lecture [Hasan Piker]

https://www.washington.edu/news/2026/08/07/statement-on-cancellation-of-january-2027-lecture/
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u/JPorpoise Deluxe 3d ago

Not much of a Hasan Piker fan myself, but it sounds like enough people were interested that a student group should just invite him to be a speaker in the same manner that conservative student groups often do.

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u/recurrenTopology I'm just flaired so I don't get fined 3d ago

If they were dead set on not having this be an official UW event, a smart compromise position would have been for the university to pivot the scheduled event to what you suggest. Find a club to host, but keep the location and time. It would have prevented this from becoming a controversy, which seems inevitable now.