The matter has been referred to an attorney with Utah's Attorney General's Office, which represents the state school.

Anderson, who last month offered to give the school $25,000 if officials would cancel Moore's speech, acknowledged that Moore could cash UVSC's check before the case gets heard.

For him, though, the lawsuit isn't about money. It's about the fact that student government leaders invited Moore without first consulting with students and people who live in communities surrounding the school.

"We're a very conservative community," Anderson said. "Michael Moore is a simpleton. He's really nothing. I don't think he's going to devastate our community, but if the college continues to spend our money against our wishes to bring in people we don't want to hear, we're eventually going to change the community."

Adds Garcia: "It's not a free-speech issue. If the community wants to remain homogenous, then they have every right to do that. We're asking the college to let the students decide."

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