Hispanic College Students Try to Squash 1st Amendment Rights
Students protest seminar

REGAN FOSTER

CRYSTAL LAKE – A group of McHenry County College students got an impromptu civics lesson from college President Walt Packard Wednesday when they presented Packard with a petition protesting a controversial presentation scheduled later this week.

Members of Latinos Unidos, the college’s Hispanic student organization, gathered more than 400 signatures in three days from students who opposed the college agreeing to rent space to the Illinois Minuteman Project. The petition also asked the college to prohibit groups such as the anti-illegal immigration organization from using the facilities.

“They bring ideas that are opposite what the Latinos Unidos mission is,â€