In this morning’s Wisconsin State Journal story about the ongoing drama on the UW Madison campus I thought there were a couple of especially revealing quotes. The first comes from Samer Alatout, a professor of community and environmental sociology who claims to have been injured on Wednesday when police removed the encampment of pro-Palestinian protestersContinue reading “University or Day Care?”
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The UW’s Tents Situation
UW Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin made a tough call. I think it was probably the wrong one. Yesterday, Mnookin ordered that the relative handful of tents on Library Mall be removed by force. I get it. The encampment violated campus rules. The protesters had been warned repeatedly. This should not have come as a surprise.Continue reading “The UW’s Tents Situation”