Terrorists are not invited.

We have a distinguished speaker scheduled to appear at NMSU. There's only one problem: he's a wanted man. Hmm, he also appears to have been knighted since I last heard of him. From a recent press release:

I am pleased to be able to announce that our guest for the University Speakers Series in Spring 2009 will be acclaimed author Sir Salman Rushdie. One of the most celebrated writers of our time, Rushdie is a winner of the Booker Prize and many other literary awards. A brilliant provocateur, he's penned numerous classic novels, overcome an infamous fatwa issued by Ayatolla Khomeini in response to his novel, The Satanic Verses, received a Knighthood for "services to literature," and become both a pop culture icon and an outspoken proponent for free speech. Rushdie’s books include The Satanic Verses, The Moor's Last Sigh, The Ground Beneath Her Feet and The Enchantress of Florence. Sir Salman Rushdie will lecture at the Pan Am Center on March 10, 2009. The lecture will be free of charge and open to the public. Further announcements of the schedule will be posted later.