QuoteNothing more amusing than seeing a student whiter than an albino in a snowstorm wearing a kaffiyeh. Once upon a time, these same students would have said that was cultural appropriation.
That said, the real idiots are the faculty who have chosen to join this and are astonished to find themselves tackled to the ground and led away in zip cuffs. PhD =/= all that bright it seems.
Quote from: jimbogumbo on May 02, 2024, 12:10:29 PMI confess that I am more than a bit amazed at these posts.
There has been, imo, a nightmarish response across the nation, encouraged by conservative media and politicians, and abetted by spineless liberals and administrators. There simply was no need at a great many campuses for this series of escalations by institutional forces. None.
Quote from: spork on May 01, 2024, 01:37:57 PMSent to me by a parent of a current Columbia undergrad:
https://twitter.com/elicalebon/status/1785560131100618798?s=49&t=RRIS-Y6CCLizLM83-jthEA
The key sentence, in my opinion, is "You don't see this in lower tier schools from kids of lower socio-economic standing because they aren't plagued with the guilt of privilege that they're seeking to launder through Middle East role plays of feigned suffering."
Quote from: mbelvadi on May 02, 2024, 08:42:26 AMI completely agree with posters who point out that this is a curriculum issue - if a student CAN submit exactly the same work for two different courses, then there's too much overlap in those two courses for it to be academically legitimate for a student to get credit for both even if they don't copy themselves.
Quote from: apl68 on May 02, 2024, 07:45:35 AMWonder whether those non-students spotted among the demonstrators are actually "professional agitators" from out of town, or simply local lewd fellows of the baser sort taking an opportunity to blow off some steam by joining a protest? Either way, if the protest's organizers can't keep such people from co-opting their protest for their own purposes, they'd do well to reconsider the wisdom of these demonstrations.