It took down the flag after Trump’s election. Its freshman class is 15 students!!

[DGUtley]

It took down the flag after Trump’s election. It opposes ‘intense debate.’ Its freshman class is 15 students. Amid turmoil at Hampshire College, just 15 take the leap to join freshman class. Hampshire College in Massachusetts got on the national radar after Trump’s election, when the private liberal arts school responded to campus unrest by removing the American flag (among others) from campus. Then-President Jonathan Lash said it was an impediment to “addressing racist, misogynistic, Islamophobic, anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic, and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and behaviors.” He doubled down when criticized, saying the American flag’s presence interfered with the ability of students to express themselves. Everyone who is not delusional correctly recognizes that the flag symbolizes our constitutional right to express ourselves – even when we burn it. (The flag was flown again after two weeks.) A year later, Lash’s administration canceled a speech by a gun-rights activist – two hours before its scheduled start – because the sponsor hadn’t disclosed it might provoke “intense debate.” Lash didn’t last, and Hampshire might not, either.


https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...9gN/story.html


https://www.thecollegefix.com/it-too...s-15-students/

[Peter1469]

Future welfare recipients.

[Mister D]

How sheltered do you have to be to choose a school like that?

[Chris]

Give them a chance to learn from the consequences of their actions. School of Hard Knocks.

[Tahuyaman]

Complete insanity.

[Tahuyaman]

...Then-President Jonathan Lash said it was an impediment to “addressing racist, misogynistic, Islamophobic, anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic, and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and behaviors...

But not anti conservative, anti Christian or anti white male?

[gamewell45]

It took down the flag after Trump’s election. It opposes ‘intense debate.’ Its freshman class is 15 students. Amid turmoil at Hampshire College, just 15 take the leap to join freshman class. Hampshire College in Massachusetts got on the national radar after Trump’s election, when the private liberal arts school responded to campus unrest by removing the American flag (among others) from campus. Then-President Jonathan Lash said it was an impediment to “addressing racist, misogynistic, Islamophobic, anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic, and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and behaviors.” He doubled down when criticized, saying the American flag’s presence interfered with the ability of students to express themselves. Everyone who is not delusional correctly recognizes that the flag symbolizes our constitutional right to express ourselves – even when we burn it. (The flag was flown again after two weeks.) A year later, Lash’s administration canceled a speech by a gun-rights activist – two hours before its scheduled start – because the sponsor hadn’t disclosed it might provoke “intense debate.” Lash didn’t last, and Hampshire might not, either.


https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...9gN/story.html


https://www.thecollegefix.com/it-too...s-15-students/

The Boston Globe basically tells the story of a New England School that has fallen on hard financial times and has until November to clean up it's act. This is not the first time an institution of higher learning has faced the gauntlet nor will it likely be the last. Only time will tell whether or not Hampshire College will survive the test of time.

The other link is from a conservative leaning news source which is disappointing; I'd hoped that it would be from a non-partisan news source. While I don't doubt they are in trouble with only 15 freshmen and need make changes to their school to maintain accreditation; the remainder of the article is mostly partisan opinion.

Needless to say, it'll be interesting to see what ultimately happens with the school; at worst, you'll have a lot of disappointed students and faculty; at best, they'll come through this and continue on educating high school graduates. I suspect they may end up merging with another educational institution in order to survive.

[exotix]

Amazing ... dictating what Freedoms people have and don't have.