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Nov 13, 2024 8 tweets 3 min read Read on X
BREAKING: The University of Michigan student government has impeached its anti-Israel president and vice-president for:

-incitement to violence;

-cyber theft; and,

-dereliction of duty.

The students are taking their government back.

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The impeachment comes after students outmaneuvered the activists running their government and restored funding for student activities:
This was the reaction after that vote:

@thestustustudio
The incitement to violence charge against the president concerns the lead-up to that meeting and the aftermath of the vote (seen above): Image
The cyber theft charge accuses her of “stealing the Central Student Government Instagram account” by changing the password after the meeting: Image
The dereliction of duty charge is the longest and alleges several failings on the part of the president — not submitting reports, misleading other members, failing to attend meetings, etc. Image
Similar charges for incitement to violence and dereliction of duty (but not cyber theft) were filed against the vice-president: Image
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The executives (who call themselves “Shut It Down”) had earlier released a statement refusing to resign, saying “We occupy CSG not to maintain the system, but to dismantle it in pursuit of global liberation.”

Now it seems they’re being shut down, and their occupation will end. Image
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Aug 28
“They were cracking up not simply because grades had gotten so high but because they knew just how little students were doing to earn them.”

Harvard faculty recognize that grade inflation has become absurd: Image
“In 2011, 60 percent of all grades at Harvard were in the A range (up from 33 percent in 1985). By the 2020–21 academic year, that share had risen to 79 percent.”
“Outside observers might still think of grades as an objective assessment of a student’s work, and therefore a way to differentiate between levels of achievement. But many professors seem to conceive of them as an endlessly adaptable participation trophy.”
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Aug 13
“College teaching is politically one-sided to an extreme, and until professors change our ways, we won’t recover the trust of the public.”

“Take the teaching of racial bias and the criminal justice system.”

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“Michelle Alexander’s ‘The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness’ (2010) shows up in thousands of syllabi,” but the work of one of her leading critics “is paired with it less than 4% of the time.”

Other critics are taught even less.
“Who is generally taught with Ms. Alexander? Works that make hers look moderate. The top three titles are by Angela Davis, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Michel Foucault.”
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Jul 24
🧵Columbia’s agreement with the federal government includes provisions to ensure non-discrimination in admissions and hiring.

“Columbia shall not maintain programs that promote unlawful efforts to achieve race-based outcomes, quotas, diversity targets, or similar efforts.” Image
“Columbia shall maintain merit-based admissions policies. Columbia may not, by any means, unlawfully preference applicants based on race, color, or national origin in admissions throughout its programs. No proxy for racial admission will be implemented or maintained. Columbia may not use personal statements, diversity narratives, or any applicant reference to racial identity as a means to introduce or justify discrimination.”Image
“Columbia shall provide the Resolution Monitor and the United States with admissions data…showing both rejected and admitted students broken down by race, color, grade point average, and performance on standardized tests.” Image
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Jul 21
Asked about NPR’s bias in a new interview, Katherine Maher says the “argument about public media being ‘biased’ is a stalking horse” and “having non-white voices and perspectives on air does not make us woke.”

NPR got exactly what it deserved. Image
“We have always been editorially independent…now we are financially independent.”

“We will no longer have the Congressional funding Sword of Damocles over our heads.”

“We have…the opportunity to leave behind…things that no longer serve our mission.” Image
“This eviscerates funding for those independent, community-based stations. And for what purpose? Scoring political points by saying you voted against NPR and PBS.”

I wonder if it will ever occur to her that they could’ve averted this by dialing back the bias just a little bit? Image
Read 4 tweets
Jul 18
🧵This Harvard Jewish student, who was assaulted on campus, is suing.

He says “Harvard did everything it could to defend, protect, and reward the assailants; to impede the criminal investigation; and to prevent [him] from obtaining administrative relief from the University.”
He alleges, “In addition to refusing to even assist the local prosecutor's investigation, Harvard directly instructed its campus officer to stop investigating the attack and then retaliated against him by removing him from the investigation.” Image
He also claims that Harvard failed to properly investigate or discipline the assailants, saying it couldn’t discipline them while a criminal investigation was ongoing: Image
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Jun 19
Progressives continue to acknowledge the failure of their vision of immigration:

“Parts of the left have ignored a basic truth: The ability to control borders, to decide who does and does not come into a country, is central to a democracy. Without that ability, the citizens of a nation lose control over it.”Image
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“Less affluent voters have questioned the impact of mass migration for years, worried about its impact on housing, public services, wages and communities. The response of urban progressives…has often been to denounce working-class voters as narrow-minded or racist.” Image
“The left has de-emphasized class in favor of other characteristics and alienated many working-class voters.”

“The starting point for a new progressive future can be the idea of a community that provides security and opportunity, and to which we owe as much as we expect from it.”Image
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