"The book is not about Michael Moore or his visit to campus," he said. "It's about issues about free speech (at colleges and) universities — which are supposed to be places for free exchange of ideas — being held to the strings by legislators and donors and things like that," he said.

"Probably about 70 percent of the audience (for the book) are going to be middle-aged liberally minded people, primarily Democrats and some Republicans," said JB Howick, president of the northern Idaho publishing company. "Our experience has been that the issue of Constitutional civil rights has tended to cross political boundaries."

Howick is hoping to sell 15,000-20,000 copies of "Free Speech 101."

"Please bear in mind that according to Publisher's Weekly, only about 500 titles a year make the 100,000 mark," he said.

Vogel stepped down from his student leadership position when he began the book. He graduated from UVSC in the spring of 2005 with a bachelor's degree in English and minor in Religious Studies.

Vogel wrote the book over the past year while working as a writing tutor at UVSC. He will begin a master's degree program at BYU in the fall.

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