Meanwhile, at Harvard...

[Aqua Letifer]

@Renauda said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

Woo is racist unless it gives you points in the underdog olympics.

Who is Woo?

He's on first.

[LuFins Dad]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

@Renauda said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

Woo is racist unless it gives you points in the underdog olympics.

Who is Woo?

He's on first.

What?

[Jolly]

He's on second.

[George K]

"Welcome to the party, dude!"

[Rainman]

Woo is not Gay.
(somebody had to say it,)

[Horace]

Among the grossest tribal memes I've personally witnessed in my life was the marginalization of anybody who says they like free speech. But that was a thing, a year or so ago.

[Axtremus]

@George-K said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

@jon-nyc said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

FIRE President Greg Lukianoff with a principled take as you would expect.

More from FIRE. A little less nuanced.

She just resigned from UPenn's presidency, but keeps her tenured position at the law school.
UPenn will be looking for a new President.

[Jolly]

Adios, Liz...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/penn-president-elizabeth-magill-resigns-after-a-week-of-intense-backlash/ar-AA1lfZo6

[Jolly]

Now, let's drag a few more college presidents to Congress.

[Axtremus]

@Jolly said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

Now, let's drag a few more college presidents to Congress.

Now you're for big government meddling in private schooling.

[Jolly]

And you're for anti-semitism?

Well, I was always told Asians were the biggest bigots on the face of the earth.

[Copper]

@Axtremus said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

Now you're for big government meddling in private schooling.

Me too!

[George K]

@Jolly said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

Now, let's drag a few more college presidents to Congress.

...and let the markets and donor$ decide.

[George K]

@Axtremus said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

She just resigned from UPenn's presidency, but keeps her tenured position at the law school.
UPenn will be looking for a new President.

[Jolly]

@George-K said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

@Jolly said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

Now, let's drag a few more college presidents to Congress.

...and let the markets and donor$ decide.

Pretty much.

This stuff has been headed downhill for over a decade. It should have corrected years ago. Universities should be about academic excellence first.

[George K]

@Jolly said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

Universities should be about academic excellence first.

And free and unrestrained exchange of ideas second.

[Aqua Letifer]

@George-K said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

@Jolly said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

Universities should be about academic excellence first.

And free and unrestrained exchange of ideas second.

You can't have the former without the latter. And no I think colleges are epically failing in both.

[George K]

More from FIRE:

[jon-nyc]

Good for them.

[Aqua Letifer]

@jon-nyc said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

Good for them.

In this fraught moment, colleges and universities must ensure student safety and well-being by taking action against violence, true threats, incitement, discriminatory harassment, and other unlawful activity.

I would say that line is particularly fuzzy in these circumstances.