Freedom and the press

Patricia J. Williams, left, at the lectern, an expert on race, gender and law, presents the 2001 Daniel W. Kops Freedom of the Press Lecture Oct. 16 in the Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall. A law professor at Columbia University, Williams discussed "Obstacle Illusions: Free Agency, Free Press and the Politics of Media." Seated in the front row are, from right, Philip E. Lewis, the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; Daniel W. Kops, a 1939 graduate of Cornell and former editor of the Cornell Daily Sun; and Nancy Kops. Nicola Kountoupes/University Photography