- The chickens are coming home to roost . . .
- “Let’s get some muscle over here” loses out to “Lets take our matriculation elsewhere”
As Yogi Berra is thought to have said, “If people don’t want to come(to your lousy school) you can’t keep’em away!” Ashe Schow who comments at The Washington Examiner had this to say (excerpts):
Mizzou closes two dorms due to lack of students
Following a drop in students applying for housing, the University of Missouri will not be placing students in two dorms for the fall 2016 semester. . . .
In March, the university announced that it saw a sharp drop in admissions for the coming school year, and will have 1,500 fewer students. . . .
Mizzou was ground zero for the campus protests that began last fall. Students protested perceived incidents of racism and demanded the university administration sufficiently acknowledge their feelings.
The students wanted the administration to take some kind of action toward curbing racism, even though nearly all the “evidence” showing it was some kind of problem was based on anecdotes from students who never filed reports and appeared more interested in cultivating victim status than actually making realistic changes. . . .
who can forget
During the protests, a Mizzou professor named Melissa Click pushed and threatened a student journalist. Click was eventually charged with assault and fired. The protester’s behavior became an embarrassment for the school, which soon after saw the drop in admissions that would lead to the dorm closures and budget shortfall.
Mizzou should serve as a warning to other protesters: Your whining over trivial matters (actual racism is bad; microaggressions and safe spaces make you look like babies) damage your school’s reputation and keep it from doing its job of educating you and preparing you for the real world.
DLH
