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kiva

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Mon Nov 9, 2015, 09:09 PM Nov 2015

Why students should be intellectually challenged: [View all]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/09/nyregion/yale-culturally-insensitive-halloween-costumes-free-speech.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur
No matter who you agree with regarding the whole Halloween costume controversy, this is exactly what faculty have been talking about regarding students rejecting free speech:

“You should step down!” one student shouted at Mr. Christakis, while demanding between expletives to know why Yale had hired him in the first place. “It is not about creating an intellectual space! It is not! Do you understand that? It is about creating a home here!”


Yes, Special Snowflake, college/university is about creating an intellectual space, a space for you to learn, to challenge and to be challenged. If you want to create a home, then create your own home.
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