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Professors can stop hooliganism and violence....
Mar 05, 2009 19:16
An interesting opinion piece popped up in the Toronto Star today...
During times of political trouble we tend to forget that campuses are primarily educational institutions. They are also the professional homes of professors who need to take a stand when violence and hooliganism invade their academic sanctuary.
With all due respect to campus security and police officers, when the call goes out to them for help, we as professors have failed.
A campus that needs the "thin blue line" of law enforcement is a campus that has violated its fundamental obligation to keep students safe and to host the free exchange of ideas so essential to good learning. .
It goes on to suggest professors take a public vocal and physical stance against violence on campuses. Thoughts?
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