Amherst College Insults Alumni in Warning to Current Students
We recently reported that some students at Amherst College don’t think there’s enough leftist dialogue on campus but that pales in comparison to this damaging report from Eric Owens at the Daily Caller.
If I was an alum of Amherst College, I’d be closing my checkbook right about now.
Amherst College warns students that alumni are probably rapists
At Amherst College, where students gripe that there isn’t enough
communismleftist discourse, a residence hall coordinator warned students to be on the lookout for “unwanted sexual advances” by randy alumni returning to campus over homecoming weekend.The staffer who sent the email is Dominick Usher, reports Newsweek. Usher sent the memo about potential alumni rapists to dormitory counselors, asking them to “share with all of your residents about how best to have a safe and fun homecoming weekend.”
The rationale for the missive seems to have been the belief that male Amherst alums aren’t able to have sexual relationships or, in fact, score with the ladies beyond the confines of the elite, private, $57,970-a-year school.
“A lot of alums come back for Homecoming pretty jaded with the bar scene and blind dating of the real world and are eager to take advantage of what they now perceive to be an ‘easy’ hook-up scene back at Amherst,” Usher’s email counsels. “Also, many alums tend to be pretty drunk all weekend long. Alert your residents to this unfortunate combination and keep an eye on your friends, your residents, and yourself.”
The dispatch also offered many other tips on issues ranging from responsible alcohol consumption to the proper disposal of garbage.
Dana Bolger, an Amherst senior and an activist against sexual violence, told Newsweek she was displeased with the advice.
“It’s so disillusioning how Amherst continues to task women with the burden of not being raped rather than imagining and creating a world in which women can walk around this campus on Homecoming without having to guard themselves from being assaulted,” Bolger said.
Amherst College warns students that alumni are probably rapists (The Daily Caller)
Comments
Sheesh. What is it with undergrads?
She wants to “imagine” a safe place. What’s so hard about that? John Lennon wrote a song about that. Included war. Why not?
“creating” is a different issue.
Is this person suited for college life? Yes. Is this person capable of reasoning at a fifth-grade level [if fifth-grade is seen as, ca, 1955]? No.
OTOH, if I were an alum, I wouldn’t admit it. No, what I meant was, in addition to not admitting it, I wouldn’t be sending any more money.