next is professor jeff stone, edward h levi distinguished prof. at the university of chicago law school. next is professor gray wall, associate prof., department of american studies in religious studies in a program in ethnicity and race at yale university. last but not least, professor of social work, university of michigan school of social work, professor of psychology, literature and arts. with that, i would love for us to begin, professor boyer, with you. >> thank you very much. i thought i would talk a little bit about two subjects that are of some interest to me. i became interested in academic freedom about 14 or 15 years ago i publish a small history of the idea of academic freedom and i came to write that book because of the number of current abroad. [inaudible] involving the backlash or reaction to some significant changes in our core curriculum. there was some lobbying groups and petitions being formed coming from rather different directions attempting to influence and pressure the faculty into the reverse changes or to modify the chang