To the Purdue community.
Events this week at the University of Missouri and Yale University should remind us all of the importance of absolute fidelity to her shared values. First, that we strive constantly to be, without exception, a welcoming inclusive and discrimination-free community, where each person is respected and treated with dignity. Second, to be steadfast in preserving academic freedom and individual liberty.
Two years ago, a student-led initiative created the “We Are Purdue Statement of Values”, which was subsequently endorsed by the University Senate. Last year, both our undergraduate and graduate student governments led an effort to produced a strengthened statement of policies protecting free speech. What a proud contrast to the environments that appear to prevail at places like Missouri and Yale. Today and every day, we should remember the tenants of those statements and do our best to live up to them fully.
Sincerely,
President Mitch Daniels
The idea of supporting free speech, in the face of racial protests, didn't sit well with many students
and some members of the Purdue faculty. This includes Roxane Gay, associate professor of English at Purdue. Unbelievably she found Daniels' letter to be offensive:
and some members of the Purdue faculty. This includes Roxane Gay, associate professor of English at Purdue. Unbelievably she found Daniels' letter to be offensive:
What on earth is a university president doing, sending this email? pic.twitter.com/8cXd5wSYyX
— roxane gay (@rgay) November 12, 2015
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Prof. Roxane Gay |
When I pointed out that "chilling" free speech was the same as banning free speech to Prof. Gay on Twitter, she immediately responded by blocking me. Apparently she doesn't like being proven wrong.
Purdue protesters are plowing ahead. They plan a second hour long social media blitz from noon to 1 pm to highlight racism at the university. (The first blitz was held today.) Students at Purdue University are also planning a rally on Friday to show solidarity with the racially charged protests at the University of Missouri.
8 comments:
Professor Gay is apparently teaching En-glitch...
Here is "professor" Roxane Gay's thesis from Michigan Technological University in 2010.
http://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/etds/84/
She's not exactly inventing the laser or finding new ways of bonding atoms.
Someone at Purdue, in the past, hired this mindless twit. Can we persuade Mitch to write a letter of recommendation for her application for that other school that could use a few more twits in their faculty?
http://thefederalist.com/2015/11/12/mizzou-releases-photos-of-poop-swastika-discloses-details-of-previously-unreported-racial-slurs/?utm_source=The+Federalist+List&utm_campaign=4922d3920d-RSS_The_Federalist_Daily_Updates_w_Transom&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cfcb868ceb-4922d3920d-83837897 Naturally, unisex bathrooms are the problem...
This is strange Daniels didn't give a damn about free speech when he was Governor! His intolerance of criticism and his attacks on whistleblowers like yourself Paul and others. Not to mention his attempts to destroy Charlie White make one barf at anything this nasty little troll has to say.
Regardless of what Daniel's has said in the past or even his reason for his current email, any university sanctioned attacks on free speech are chilling.
Ridiculous!
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