— but the students who invited her, and Coulter herself, said Wednesday that she'll come anyway, and speak on or off campus.

If she does show up next Thursday, "We will continue to do what is necessary to provide safety and security for the campus community and our neighbors," said Dan Mogulof, a campus spokesman. He would not elaborate.

The standoff began Wednesday after vice chancellors Scott Biddy and Stephen Sutton emailed the student groups co-hosting the event — the Berkeley College Republicans and BridgeUSA, which gets students with political differences to listen to each other — to say the event was off until September at the earliest.

"We have been unable to find a safe and suitable venue for your planned April 27 event featuring Ann Coulter," the administrators wrote.