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