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This is so sad. I found the quote "one way to destroy a culture, with lots of white paint" very poignant. Institutions everywhere increasingly seem to want to j

This is so sad. I found the quote "one way to destroy a culture, with lots of white paint" very poignant. Institutions everywhere increasingly seem to want to just make everything bland and safe.

cynisme 9y ago
I also find that its is not even individuals in the institutions but somehow the collective that causes this. I do not think this is the end of such places though as this kind of stuff has happened before and I think people will always find and make new spaces to make their own culture, the destruction of such places seems almost inevitable as they gain more and more notoriety.
- cuckcuckspruce 9y ago
  It's also likely that these sorts of places will move off campus if there is truly a need for them. There are plenty of well-off alumni of Senior House, and erecting a building and maintaining the culture of Senior House off campus is something they could do if it is really that important to them.
cuckcuckspruce 9y ago
> Institutions everywhere increasingly seem to want to just make everything bland and safe. Can you really blame them when the alternative is college campuses burning because they invited a speaker who was committing wrongthing and wrongspeak? This is something that has been demanded by a growing percentage of the student body over the last two decades. The schools are giving the students what they want. I wouldn't be surprised if there are calls to return to the 'in loco parentis' days where schools had much more control over the discipline of their students - all in the name of safety, of course.
- bbctol 9y ago
  Yes, this is clearly a reaction to political correctness, which is why they got rid of housing for the ~privileged~ straight white men and--oh, what? This was traditional housing for exactly the sort of queer people, minorities, and lower-income students who get blamed for hating "speakers who commit wrongthink"? While protests that don't do much are referred to as "burning campus," the people actually hurt by real actions are just the people all those dang SJWs keep saying are being hurt? Weird.
  - danharaj 9y ago
    You have no idea what you're talking about. I have good friends who are senior house alums. Ive been following the timeline of this action for years. This was managerial capitalism squeezing out non-conformity in order to maximize statistics and minimize liability for problem students. How dare you blame this on any student? No where did this article mention identity politics but you decided to bring it up anyway. People like you are insufferable. You are completely off base.
    - walshemj 9y ago
      its the same in the UK there is a scandal where high schools are kicking out sixth form students and refusing to enter them for A levels to flatter the schools place in the league tables - this is actually illegal. its like you where kicked out of your US high school and not allowed to graduate
justaman 9y ago
Colleges have become an echo chamber centered around profits and "the experience". A library card is a better investment; one that comes with more freedom.

This is so sad. I found the quote "one way to destroy a culture, with lots of white paint" very poignant. Institutions everywhere increasingly seem to want to just make everything bland and safe.

cynisme 9y ago

I also find that its is not even individuals in the institutions but somehow the collective that causes this. I do not think this is the end of such places though as this kind of stuff has happened before and I think people will always find and make new spaces to make their own culture, the destruction of such places seems almost inevitable as they gain more and more notoriety.

cuckcuckspruce 9y ago
It's also likely that these sorts of places will move off campus if there is truly a need for them. There are plenty of well-off alumni of Senior House, and erecting a building and maintaining the culture of Senior House off campus is something they could do if it is really that important to them.

cuckcuckspruce 9y ago

> Institutions everywhere increasingly seem to want to just make everything bland and safe. Can you really blame them when the alternative is college campuses burning because they invited a speaker who was committing wrongthing and wrongspeak? This is something that has been demanded by a growing percentage of the student body over the last two decades. The schools are giving the students what they want. I wouldn't be surprised if there are calls to return to the 'in loco parentis' days where schools had much more control over the discipline of their students - all in the name of safety, of course.

bbctol 9y ago
Yes, this is clearly a reaction to political correctness, which is why they got rid of housing for the ~privileged~ straight white men and--oh, what? This was traditional housing for exactly the sort of queer people, minorities, and lower-income students who get blamed for hating "speakers who commit wrongthink"? While protests that don't do much are referred to as "burning campus," the people actually hurt by real actions are just the people all those dang SJWs keep saying are being hurt? Weird.
- danharaj 9y ago
  You have no idea what you're talking about. I have good friends who are senior house alums. Ive been following the timeline of this action for years. This was managerial capitalism squeezing out non-conformity in order to maximize statistics and minimize liability for problem students. How dare you blame this on any student? No where did this article mention identity politics but you decided to bring it up anyway. People like you are insufferable. You are completely off base.
  - walshemj 9y ago
    its the same in the UK there is a scandal where high schools are kicking out sixth form students and refusing to enter them for A levels to flatter the schools place in the league tables - this is actually illegal. its like you where kicked out of your US high school and not allowed to graduate

justaman 9y ago

Colleges have become an echo chamber centered around profits and "the experience". A library card is a better investment; one that comes with more freedom.