University of Chicago class of 2020, get ready for a college experience filled with debate, discussion — and possibly discomfort.
As colleges across the country wrestle with balancing academic freedom and open discourse with student health and safety, University of Chicago Dean of Students John Ellison told incoming freshmen in a letter what they should expect on campus.
"Our commitment to academic freedom means that we do not support so-called 'trigger warnings,' we do not cancel invited speakers because their topics might prove controversial, and we do not condone the creation of intellectual 'safe spaces' where individuals can retreat from ideas and perspectives at odds with their own," the letter said.
Given all the crazy behavior going on at college campuses, it is refreshing to see a University stand up to the insane, entitled behavior. It does not support "trigger warnings" or "safe spaces":
Anvilbear Hammerstrike - Haha just thought of this article in another post. Are most colleges taking stances like U of Chicago? I hope so
Actually the opposite.
It is why the stand that Chicago took was so important.
Many other schools have facilitated the idea of "safe spaces," "trigger warnings"... denounced the use of "cultural appropriation" and have assuaged the concerns expressed by all the members of "Generation Snowflake".
Once you start catering to ridiculous demands... it is slippery slope. At Emory, students held protests and said they "didn't feel safe" because another student wrote "Trump 2016" and "Make America Great Again" in chalk on the ground.
It is becoming scary when a school like Yale, one of the most prestigious Universities in the country, is catering to students like this.
Chicago made their position clear that they will not tolerate this behavior before new students ever entered the University. A bunch of other colleges are slowly starting to emulate their position.
