Students at Rutgers Claim ‘Hostile’ Atmosphere was Created By Rice Controversy
Not all students at Rutgers were against Rice speaking and they’re angry about the environment created by the protesters.
The College Fix reports.
Rutgers Students Protest ‘Hostile’ Atmosphere Created By Rice Controversy
Students at Rutgers University have expressed some righteous indignation at the small minority of students whose outrageous claims prompted one of the most respected and accomplished women in the world today – Condoleezza Rice – to kindly back out of serving as commencement speaker.
The upset students represent many groups on campus: College Republicans, those in the Greek system, and members of the Eagleton Undergraduate Associates. They wrote a letter to the campus president asking him to denounce the protesters’ claims and actions.
NJ.com reports the students say the situation created a “hostile campus environment” –
“An (overwhelming) number of the students were disappointed in Condoleezza Rice no longer being the commencement speaker after a small minority of the student body and intolerant faculty members at Rutgers University protested loudly over the past month,” Donald Coughlan, a Rutgers student and chairman of the New Jersey College Republicans, wrote on behalf of the groups.
The letter also said some students were disturbed by emails sent by faculty members encouraging them to attend a “teach-in” about Rice Tuesday and speak out against the former U.S. Secretary of State.
“Most students know these professors very well and these emails intimidated students who do not share the opinions of the professors,” Coughlan wrote.
Rutgers Students Protest ‘Hostile’ Atmosphere Created By Rice Controversy (The College Fix)
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It took them this ling to realize that campuses are hostile environments?
The best thing at this point would be for the grads to boycott the commencement. How embarrassed would the univ be if there were a sea of empty chairs? It would be fun to find out.
These pro-Rice students should just shut up now. They had an opportunity to unite and protest the jack-booted thugs and they whimpered out of fear of the professors. Well, challenge the bastards; if they dare penalize you with a bad grade, make their lives miserable. The SJP/BDS crowd know how to make people’s lives miserable; why can’t these little do-nothing whiners, who are now saying they wanted Rice to speak but were afraid to come out and openly support her, do the same?
Remember that it was students that invited her in the first place. This puts “Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey” well above other such institutions.
@Juba – Because the SJP/BDS crowd aren’t decent people who are there to be able to support a family. What do they care? (This excepts those who are actually foreigners who hate Jews more than they love life.)