Readers sound off on Eric Cantor’s speech cancellation and the protest surrounding it. ERIC CANTOR: Wharton remarks, as prepared for delivery CHARLES GRAY: Get better, not bitter

Yesterday, we missed an opportunity to hear Eric Cantor talk about the solution to the problems our nation faces.

In the aftermath of demonstrators storming campus after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor canceled his Friday appearance at Huntsman Hall, Penn students reflected on the protest hitting close to home. VIDEO: ‘Occupy Eric Cantor’ERIC CANTOR: Wharton remarks, as prepared for deliveryGALLERY: 62 photos of Cantor protest at Huntsman HallTOPICS: Occupy movement

Check out how people responded to the news online. RELATED: Eric Cantor cancels Huntsman Hall visit

Read the speech that the House Majority Leader had prepared for his Wharton Leadership Lecture.

After House Majority Leader Eric Cantor canceled his Wharton Leadership Lecture slated for Friday afternoon, protesters congregated on campus, chanting inside and outside Huntsman Hall and prompting increased security efforts. VIDEO: Protesters in Huntsman Hall GALLERY: Photos of protesters on campus REACTION: Online response to Cantor’s cancellation

The Occupy movement compels us to consider the meaning of our elite education. TOPICS: Occupy Philadelphia

Friday afternoon, an estimated 500-1,000 protesters will stand outside Huntsman Hall while House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) speaks to the Penn community about income inequality in his Wharton Leadership Lecture.

Along with several undergraduate deans, Penn President Amy Gutmann said she has been pleased to see students participating in the Occupy Philadelphia protests — which began as an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street — and contributing to an ongoing dialogue on the future of the nation.

The Kelly Writers House monthly Speakeasy provided a venue for students and community members to voice opinions about the movement inspired by Occupy Wall Street. TOPICS: Occupy Philadelphia

Occupy Philadelphia’s tent village continues to grow outside City Hall, despite the city’s plans to begin construction of an ice skating rink in the lower plaza in mid-November. TOPICS: Occupy Philadelphia

John LaVoy of the Educational Opportunity Center criticizes Charles Gray’s recent column on the roots of the financial crisis.

Most Penn students live in a different reality from those at the heart of the Occupy Wall Street protests. In order to fairly assess the movement, we have to step into this other reality.

Protesters are demonstrating against House of Representatives Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who will be speaking at Penn on Friday as part of the Wharton Leadership Lecture Series. TOPICS: Occupy movement

The problem with Penn professors’ Occupy Wall Street solidarity statement is that it takes what happened in a few months in 2008 and uses it to explain the entire financial crisis.

View Occupy Philly around the Ivies in a larger map

Penn professors’ recent solidarity statement concerning the Occupy Wall Street movement misguides the aim of the protests.