Post: #1

This is real life:

http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=7308

Post: #2

Quote:Student activists at Brown University are complaining of emotional stress and poor grades after months of protesting, and blame the school for insisting that they complete their coursework.

“There are people breaking down, dropping out of classes, and failing classes because of the activism work they are taking on,” an undergraduate student going by the pseudonym “David” told The Brown Daily Herald Thursday. “My grades dropped dramatically. My health completely changed. I lost weight. I’m on antidepressants and anti-anxiety pills right now. Counselors called me. I had deans calling me to make sure I was okay.”

Post: #3

Quote:Student activists at Brown University are complaining of emotional stress and poor grades after months of protesting, and blame the school for insisting that they complete their coursework.

“There are people breaking down, dropping out of classes, and failing classes because of the activism work they are taking on,” an undergraduate student going by the pseudonym “David” told The Brown Daily Herald Thursday. “My grades dropped dramatically. My health completely changed. I lost weight. I’m on antidepressants and anti-anxiety pills right now. Counselors called me. I had deans calling me to make sure I was okay.”

Other students reported similar problems, describing maladies ranging from emotional distraction to panic attacks that they say caused them to skip assignments, miss class, and generally lose focus on keeping their grades up.

David and other students began demonstrating on campus in October to protest two opinion columns published in the Daily Herald that some students deemed racist because they defended the celebration of Columbus Day. Black and Asian student groups reacted by demanding that the paper not only retract and apologize for the op-eds, but also develop a plan for increasing the diversity of its staff, subject to approval by the activists.

Following an almost-immediate capitulation by the newspaper’s editorial board, and incensed by University President Christina Paxson’s attempt to stake out a middle ground on the matter, the protesters proceeded to direct their unspent energies on the university as a whole, issuing an ultimatum in November calling for affirmative action hiring policies, mandatory diversity training, and apologies for Brown’s historical ties to the slave trade.

Paxson released a draft of a new Diversity Action and Inclusion Plan 10 days later, only to find herself besieged in her own office by student protesters complaining that the plan was “illegitimate and insufficient” and demanding an end to “open dialogues and forums” on the matter.

David, who spent many hours helping to organize the demonstrations, claims he reached out to both Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) and his academic deans for support, but told the Daily Herald that the therapy and deans’ notes requesting extended deadlines on his assignments were little more than “bandages” for the stress of balancing his activism with existing obligations to school, work, and friends.

Other students expressed similar frustration with the university’s expectation that they keep up with their schoolwork during the protests, saying that some professors refused to grant extensions on homework and tests.

Justice Gaines, an undergraduate student who uses the pronouns xe, xem and xyr, even recounted suffering from what xe describes as “a panic attack” related to xyr emotions over the Daily Herald op-eds, adding that xe “couldn’t go to class for several days” following the episode.

Liliana Sampedro, one of the students who compiled the diversity ultimatum, argued that refusal to grant such accommodations “has systemic effects on students of color,” who she said may sometimes feel obligated to prioritize their activist work over their studies.

“I remember emailing the professor and begging her to put things off another week … I hadn’t eaten. I hadn’t slept. I was exhausted, physically and emotionally,” Sampedro recalled. The professor nonetheless insisted that she submit a previously-assigned research presentation on time, which she claims forced her to stay up late to finish the project after having already spent hours working on the list of demands.

Assistant Dean of Student Support Services Ashley Ferranti, however, told the Daily Herald that over 90 percent of such requests are routinely accepted, and that the university strives to maintain its academic standards without discouraging students from becoming politically involved.

Speaks for itself. Kids with glass jaws, self-righteous shticks, and egos to stroke that supersede their academic, financial, and personal responsibilities.

Post: #4

"My grades dropped dramatically. My health completely changed. I lost weight. I’m on antidepressants and anti-anxiety pills right now."

Post: #5

Niggas please, I worked at night and went to college at the same time.

Nothing some blow and adderall can fix.

Lack of sleep? You live in the fucking dorms! I lived an hour away.

Malnutrition? Get some PB&J sandwiches or Mickey D's value menu.

I'll give my left nut to go to Brown...or maybe not, they're considered the bastard child of the Ivy League.

Post: #6

I expect that in 50 years, a country like Russia will be able to conquer America simply by saying "I disagree" and walking over the collapsed bodies of the emotionally unstable leaders that have taken over.

Post: #7

Welcome to the real world morons!
I guess no world leader material is coming out of Brown.

Post: #8

When I was in law school, I also waited tables full time during the first year. The restaurant didn't close until 1am. I burned the candle at both ends and still made top 5% of my class.

Post: #9

(02-20-2016 12:05 PM)muscless Wrote:  

Quote:“There are people breaking down, dropping out of classes, and failing classes because of the activism work they are taking on,” an undergraduate student going by the pseudonym “David” told The Brown Daily Herald Thursday.

Activism "work"?

When the hell did showing up to protests (at your $65k/year university) suddenly start counting as "work"?

Post: #10

(02-20-2016 12:23 PM)Renzy Wrote:  

(02-20-2016 12:05 PM)muscless Wrote:  

Quote:“There are people breaking down, dropping out of classes, and failing classes because of the activism work they are taking on,” an undergraduate student going by the pseudonym “David” told The Brown Daily Herald Thursday.

Activism "work"?

When the hell did showing up to protests (at your $65k/year university) suddenly start counting as "work"?

I remember all the kids in college who had everything paid for from school to car to spending money. The only accurate word for their lifestyle was "frolicking". They would fuck around all the time.

Post: #11

The movie P.C.U. has become more reality than farce.

Brown has long been known as one of the most monolithically leftist campuses on the east coast.

Post: #12

Yes, please continue your triggered existence Brown University Students.

Stay locked up in your rooms, afraid to go outside. The rest of the college world appreciates your self removal from the job competition pool.

Post: #13

These people have to be the softest generation in the history of the world. We need mandatory military service to toughen these pussies up.

Post: #14

Self entitled losers. Mom and dad pay for everything. They've been babied since birth.

What else is to be expected?

Post: #15

Losers are always so easy to identify.

Post: #16

(02-20-2016 12:08 PM)General Stalin Wrote:  

Quote:Justice Gaines, an undergraduate student who uses the pronouns xe, xem and xyr, even recounted suffering from what xe describes as “a panic attack” related to xyr emotions over the Daily Herald op-eds, adding that xe “couldn’t go to class for several days” following the episode.

Speaks for itself. Kids with glass jaws, self-righteous shticks, and egos to stroke that supersede their academic, financial, and personal responsibilities.

Post: #17

I don't get it, Brown is Ivy league, supposed to be the best of the best. And they get there and spend their time protesting shit?

Post: #18

This is too funny to be real.

Post: #19

Absolutely hilarious.

These guys and gals can't even pass classes to even get to their shitty useless degrees.

Fuck these guys, I had 3 part time jobs at one point, a paid internship, my retail job, and working part time for the corpo job I have now.

I still went out and partied.

Fuck their excuses and weak ass standing.


BOOO FUCKING HOOO - you reap what you sow bitch.

Post: #20

My buddy's wife is a psychologist at Brown. We were all out to dinner and she starts rambling about how she's about to start a new project. She wants to create a gender neutral summer camp for disadvantaged kids, where boys are pressured to act like girls and girls to act like boys. After my fifth beer, to my friends horror, I have to interject that this is the most dumbass idea I've ever heard of. Didn't go over well.

Post: #21

Best part:

Quote:Justice Gaines ’16, who uses the pronouns xe, xem and xyr, said student activism efforts on campus are necessary. “I don’t feel okay with seeing students go through hardships without helping and organizing to make things better.”

In the wake of The Herald’s opinion pieces, Gaines felt overwhelmed by emotions flooding across campus. Students were called out of class into organizing meetings, and xe felt pressure to help xyr peers cope with what was going on, xe said. Gaines “had a panic attack and couldn’t go to class for several days.”

Post: #22

LOL I almost spat my food out laughing at that no joke. OMG I'M SOOOO TRIGGERED FROM THIS NEAR LOSS OF A BITE OF FOOD THAT MY DAY IS LIKE TOTALLY RUINED. I'M GOING TO GO CURL UP IN THE CORNER IN THE FETAL POSITION AND CRY FOR THE NEXT 16 HOURS NOW.

Post: #23

Look at that website's homepage.

campusreform.org

Every article on there could be from The Onion, except they are actually real. Well, I think they are real at least. They might be jokes, but I honestly am not sure.

Post: #24

I regret applying to Brown now lol

Post: #25

I'm really confused. Is this actually happening right now at a top American university?

I couldn't imagine this happening anywhere in Europe, even in Britain/Ireland. Even the most lefty/liberal people I know would think this whole pronoun thing is ridiculous and stupid.