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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Swarthmore's values seem to be eroding in real time. An institution that once celebrated activism, free inquiry, and dissent is now disciplining students for speech, expanding surveillance, rewriting conduct rules to restrict protest, and creating a climate of fear around political expression.

Faculty are warning that students are being taught one set of principles in the classroom—critical thinking, open debate, intellectual rigor—and another outside it: stay quiet, stay vague, and don't challenge authority. If that's true, Swarthmore isn't just failing its stated values; it's actively betraying them.

The question is simple: when did protecting institutional image become more important than protecting free expression?
[url]https://swarthmorevoices.com/content-1/2026/4/30/the-college-needs-a-reset-a-letter-from-faculty[/url][/quote]

El Universidad de Habana is still an option for the flag burners. [/quote]
and הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם for those who can't handle those with a different opinion of them and adore ethno-nationalism. [/quote]

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