Ticket dispute over conservative speaker at University of Utah raises accusations of racial discrimination

Speech organizers, opponents disagree over tickets to right-wing writer and commentator Ben Shapiro, scheduled to visit the Salt Lake City campus on Wednesday.

(Tribune file photo) University of Utah campus in April.

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