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What’s happening at Columbia?

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  • MikM Offline
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    I knew a lot of kids from my daughter's high school that went to Alabama, and that was 13 years ago.

    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      I went on a tour of UMASS Lowell yesterday with No. 1 Son - I was slightly nervous that there'd be protesting. Barring a small number of very polite Cambodians who were quietly protesting something about employment, there was no hint of a protest, and no tension whatsoever.

      It's odd that some colleges are virtually in flames, and some seem to be carrying on completely as normal.

      I was only joking

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        I went on a tour of UMASS Lowell yesterday with No. 1 Son - I was slightly nervous that there'd be protesting. Barring a small number of very polite Cambodians who were quietly protesting something about employment, there was no hint of a protest, and no tension whatsoever.

        It's odd that some colleges are virtually in flames, and some seem to be carrying on completely as normal.

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        @Doctor-Phibes said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

        I went on a tour of UMASS Lowell yesterday with No. 1 Son - I was slightly nervous that there'd be protesting. Barring a small number of very polite Cambodians who were quietly protesting something about employment, there was no hint of a protest, and no tension whatsoever.

        It's odd that some colleges are virtually in flames, and some seem to be carrying on completely as normal.

        Maybe the list that George found on X is correct.

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        • MikM Offline
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          I'd say deliberately targeted more than odd.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            When I was at Purdue in the late 80s I had a professor who had been a student there in the 60s.

            He said the joke at the time was that Purdue was a “hotbed of student rest”.

            Only non-witches get due process.

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            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

              When I was at Purdue in the late 80s I had a professor who had been a student there in the 60s.

              He said the joke at the time was that Purdue was a “hotbed of student rest”.

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              @jon-nyc said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

              When I was at Purdue in the late 80s I had a professor who had been a student there in the 60s.

              When I was faculty at Northwestern, throughout the 1980s, I had been a student there in the late 1960s.

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                We had a fair amount of unrest when I was at Manchester in the 80's. It was right in the middle of the miner's strike, and feelings were running pretty high, particularly in the north of England. Leon Brittan, the Home Secretary, showed up to speak and there was a big protest with about 500 people, with a load of arrests. I think he got eggs thrown at him.

                I seem to remember one of our physics lecturers encouraged us to attend the protest, but honestly I couldn't be bothered. Story of my life.

                I was only joking

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                  #215

                  When I was in college, what little protesting I saw was all about ending Apartheid.

                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                  • MikM Offline
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                    #216

                    Yep. All about South Africa. It was just on the bulletin boards, not actual protests that I can remember.

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                    • MikM Mik

                      Yep. All about South Africa. It was just on the bulletin boards, not actual protests that I can remember.

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                      @Mik said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                      Yep. All about South Africa. It was just on the bulletin boards, not actual protests that I can remember.

                      I thought your generation would have been protesting The New Deal.

                      I was only joking

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                      • MikM Offline
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                        Jeez. Who shit in your oatmeal?

                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                        • MikM Mik

                          Jeez. Who shit in your oatmeal?

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                          @Mik said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                          Jeez. Who shit in your oatmeal?

                          Hey, I modernized it a bit. I nearly said the repeal of the Corn Laws.

                          I was only joking

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                            😆

                            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                              He is careful not to upset the terrorists, what a thoughtful man.

                              President Biden broke his silence on Thursday regarding the anti-Israel demonstrations that are roiling colleges and universities around the nation, condemning the violence that has broken out and saying that "there's the right to protest, but not the right to cause chaos."

                              https://www.foxnews.com/politics/president-biden-condemns-violent-anti-israel-protests-wont-call-national-guard

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                                He's getting butt sores from riding the middle rail, trying to not offend the young people.

                                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                  Hard to disagree with his position.

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                                    Not students:

                                    Approximately 134 of the 282 people taken into custody at Columbia University and CCNY were not affiliated with either school -- more than 47%.

                                    Janice Yu is live in Morningside Heights with details on the pro-Palestine protest.
                                    At Columbia, 32 people arrested were not affiliated with the school, while about 80 people were. At CCNY, 102 people arrested were not affiliated, and 68 were.

                                    The estimates are based on preliminary background analysis by NYPD. The city is forwarding the lists of arrested protesters to the universities to cross-check and determine the current status of those arrested.

                                    "There were individuals on the campus that should not have been there," Adams said. "There were people who are professionals. We know the terminology 'outside agitator' was used during the Civil Rights movement, when people attempted to show that the movement was not legitimate, and we understand that."

                                    For some, the term "outside agitator" brings back memories of the Civil Rights movement. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously wrote about being called an outside agitator in the now-historic letter from the Birmingham jail in April 1963.

                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                      Great news, Yemen is offering any students expelled to come to Sanaa university to complete their degrees. Those houthis, really looking out for the displaced academics

                                      https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/sanaa-university-yemen-says-it-will-welcome-students-and-academics?nid=360211&topic=Israel%2527s%2520war%2520on%2520Gaza&fid=512526

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                                        Students.

                                        In the comments: "Looks like the Star Wars cantina scene."

                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                          In the comments:

                                          • Are they shooting an adult film?
                                          • If you don't send the Vaseline, you wont need the HIV test
                                          • I’m ok with the birth control.
                                          • “GET ME THOSE DIVA CUPS NOW WE HAVE A MAN DOWN”

                                          And the ever thoughtful Iowahawk:

                                          "In the 134 year history of the University of Chicago, no currently enrolled student has ever had sex."

                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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