Meanwhile, at Harvard...

[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.

[jon-nyc]

Some say that about people who say trans women are not women.

Who do you want to decide where that line is?

Perhaps more importantly, who do you think will get to decide if we let it be drawn?