Case Western Reserve University is providing a “safe space” for students who are upset about this week’s Republican National Convention.
The fancypants private school in Cleveland — where tuition, fees and room and board cost $60,304 per year — is located just over 4 miles from Quicken Loans Arena, where the GOP convention is occurring.
A July 11 statement in The Daily, Case Western’s internal e-newsletter, informs students — and professors, and administrators — that the private school’s Social Justice Institute “will host a ‘safe space'” in the basement of concrete-laden Crawford Hall for the duration of the convention, which runs from July 18 to July 21.
“After extensive consultation among our leadership team and discussions in last week’s open forums, we have decided that the university will reduce its on-campus operations significantly from Monday, July 18, through the close of the convention Thursday, July 21,” the statement explains.
Classes have been either cancelled or moved off campus. Faculty members, students and most staffers are supposed to take virtually the entire week off. “Deans and unit leaders have been asked to work with their teams to determine how to maintain essential services with the fewest number of staff physically on the campus.”
“University Counseling Services will continue to offer walk-in services for students who want to talk with someone about their concerns related to recent events and/or the upcoming convention,” the Case Western statement says.
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9 comments:
I am starting to think all universities should be shut down. Just set up trade schools for all training from carpentry to law school. Treat them all as trades. This university crap is just that crap!!
Eventually the chickens will come home to roost. When mommy and daddy have spent $250K on their precious little one's 'education', and then they can't function in real life after they graduate, well..
Reality therapy.
Gee, I didn't realize that the "university" was under any sort of attack. I certainly hope that little Suzie and Pablo, Latisha and Jerome and Jack were safe in the basement until all of the ugly banter subsided. What a croc, never insulate your kids from the real world because to do so is only invited something bad to happen to them in the future.
Just my two cents.
Set up our own communities and monetary system the feds can't tax.
what good are universities? give me ONE redeeming quality, just one. they are a very expensive day care enterprise. how stupid to send your mush minded 'children' to these useless enclaves. if your child is NOT university or college material, Don't waste your hard earned dollars; encourage them to get a trade or two and move on; encourage them to start their own business and move on. don't amass large amounts of debt because it's just not a good choice. period
Will the bookstore have college logo pacifiers, onesies and woobies in stock in a timely fashion?
Parents writing tuition checks to that asylum should be rethinking what their kiddies are being taught!
But this is a town that drafted Johnny Football!
12:26 - "what good are universities? give me ONE redeeming quality.."
Penny Beers on Monday nights!!
I see some of you shaking your heads in approval, you all do remember!!!!
Happy Friday!
Fancy pants? Are we in kindergarten?
I bet they won't need a safe space for the Republican students during the Democratic convention. Can you say backbone?
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