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A well-aimed pie tin filled with goop delayed, but failed to derail, an otherwise civil dialogue on U.S. foreign policy at Earlham Tuesday evening.
Neoconservative journalist and commentator William Kristol was about 30 minutes into his speech on international affairs when a slender young man crossed the stage of Goddard Auditorium and slung the ersatz pastry into his face.
Kristol appeared momentarily stunned, then wiped the brown and white goo from his eyes with a paper towel, stepped back to the podium and said, "Let me just finish this point."
Members of both sides of the political spectrum in the overflow audience rose to applaud.
Kristol, a political activist and co-founder of The Weekly Standard, had been invited to speak by Earlham President Doug Bennett as part of an effort to introduce a variety of viewpoints on the campus.
Kristol's support of the Bush administration's foreign policy was seen as a counterbalance for the prevalent liberal views on the local campus.
Bennett introduced Kristol and was sitting on the stage during the speech. He was splattered by almost as much of the attack pie as Kristol.
- Don Fasnacht, "Speaker takes a pie in the face," palladium-item march 30, 2005
posted March 30, 2005 in performance. 20042003