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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I lost respect for Yale when they coddled those ridiculous students who screamed at the master of one of the residential colleges for taking the oh-so-controversial position that Yale students should be allowed to assume responsibility for their own Halloween costumes. No doubt Princeton is largely left-wing now, too, but it still seems to prioritize academic excellence in a way that Yale does not. [/quote]

You need to go to Princeton.   I have no idea what this costume whining is about but it sounds like New Haven and Yale are way too much for you to handle.[/quote]

It was more the idea of being treated like responsible young adults that was too much for the Yale students to handle.  The residential college master at Silliman ended up stepping down when the hysterical students should have been reprimanded for their behavior. It sent a clear message that Yale had lost its way. [/quote]

I don't think wearing black face as part of your Halloween costume at Princeton is going to go over particularly either. But go ahead and give it a try and I guess you can see.[/quote]

You’re completely missing the point. Wearing blackface is bad. The head of a Yale residential college and his wife, however, were attacked by students for taking the position that Yale could rely upon students to make the right decisions for themselves. The students were incensed that the residential college wasn’t giving students specific instructions as to what Halloween costumes (!)would be considered offensive or inappropriate, and demanded that the professor step down from his position for his perceived lack of allyship.

Yale’s senior leadership then stood by idly when the professor acceded to these demands, when they should have had the professor’s back. If a school is that spineless when it comes to a silly issue like this, it sends a strong signal that it’s not going to insist on academic rigor in the classroom, either.

Princeton is left-wing now, too, but it hasn’t embarrassed itself like Yale did.  It’s not a coincidence that it’s Yale that’s now putting out reports on how elite academic institutions (i.e., like Yale) can regain respect.  
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Princeton speaks out aggressively against the current administration's attacks on higher education, so A+  for Princeton for that.

As far as Halloween, we'll just have to agree to disagree.  Based on conversations I've had with racist parents who sent their kids off to college, I'm not sure those kids are in fact getting good guidance about what is and is not an appropriate Halloween costume.   A little reinforcement around this issue at Halloween might be a valuable lesson for some college students.[/quote]

Sounds like quite the indictment of Yale if you think they’ve been admitting students over the past decade or so who’d show up at a party in blackface.  Or, perhaps, you’re itching to impose your own censorious standards of conduct and dress on students.

Either way, not a good look for the Yale community.  [/quote]
Quite easy for racists to "hide their power level", as they say, such as by concern-trolling for free speech only when it benefits racists.
That you would try to "indict" Yale for not reading the minds of applicants because you can't blame them for anything else shows how badly you're reaching for straws.[/quote]

So you’re happy that a group of Yale students threw a massive temper tantrum in public and drove a distinguished (and quite liberal) academic away from his position as head of a Yale residential college because he agreed with the position articulated by his wife, a Yale lecturer, that the university should allow young adults to make their own decisions about appropriate dress?  Got it.

It was not an incident that enhanced Yale’s reputation, given that the students who verbally assaulted the Silliman head apparently were not reprimanded and senior leadership failed to take clear steps to defend Christakis and his wife. [/quote]
No, that's not what I said.[/quote]

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