Sewanee - Univ of the South

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have visited Sewanee--a friend teaches there. As others have said, a gorgeous campus in a gorgeous, though isolated, setting. Faculty are very accessible to students and take teaching very seriously, as one would expect at a good SLAC. They attract some very bright, talented students (based on job placements out of college) along with some run-of-the-mill students. The fraction of non-white students is very low (around 20%). They have been in the news recently. A Q&A with the newish vice-chancellor, who moved there from GW, might be informative:

https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2021/02/17/qa-sewanees-first-black-vice-chancellor-reflects-on-episcopal-universitys-efforts-to-confront-racist-history/

Man....not sure I could ever send my kids here. Whoa.

It's important to remember that while vandalism and harassment are never acceptable, there's zero evidence that the incidents described in the article were racially driven. There is, on the other hand, plenty of circumstantial evidence that they were motivated by outrage over the new VC's highly publicized war against what he perceived to be an excessive party culture on campus. Most notably, he tried to implement a zero-tolerance policy for marijuana and underage drinking. As you can probably guess, it didn't go over well with large segments of the student body. To the VC's credit, he listened to the students' concerns and softened his stance a bit. But there's lingering fear among students that he's set on changing the work-hard-play-hard nature of Sewanee, which has opened up a rift between students and the administration. As often happens with lightning rod issues (see: January 6th in Washington, D.C.) a tiny minority took things way too far.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have visited Sewanee--a friend teaches there. As others have said, a gorgeous campus in a gorgeous, though isolated, setting. Faculty are very accessible to students and take teaching very seriously, as one would expect at a good SLAC. They attract some very bright, talented students (based on job placements out of college) along with some run-of-the-mill students. The fraction of non-white students is very low (around 20%). They have been in the news recently. A Q&A with the newish vice-chancellor, who moved there from GW, might be informative:

https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2021/02/17/qa-sewanees-first-black-vice-chancellor-reflects-on-episcopal-universitys-efforts-to-confront-racist-history/

Man....not sure I could ever send my kids here. Whoa.

It's important to remember that while vandalism and harassment are never acceptable, there's zero evidence that the incidents described in the article were racially driven. There is, on the other hand, plenty of circumstantial evidence that they were motivated by outrage over the new VC's highly publicized war against what he perceived to be an excessive party culture on campus. Most notably, he tried to implement a zero-tolerance policy for marijuana and underage drinking. As you can probably guess, it didn't go over well with large segments of the student body. To the VC's credit, he listened to the students' concerns and softened his stance a bit. But there's lingering fear among students that he's set on changing the work-hard-play-hard nature of Sewanee, which has opened up a rift between students and the administration. As often happens with lightning rod issues (see: January 6th in Washington, D.C.) a tiny minority took things way too far.

You seem naive or slow, not sure which one.

[Anonymous]

Incisive retort, PP. Damn pesky facts.