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University of Missouri Police Ask Students to Report ‘Hurtful Speech’

Mediaite
Alex Griswold
11/10/2015

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The Missouri University Police Department (MUPD) sent an email to students Tuesday morning urging them to call them and report any hurtful speech they encounter on the campus.

In an email that was flagged by several Missouri-based journalists, the MUPD asked “individuals who witness incidents of hateful and/or hurtful speech or actions” to call the department’s general phone line “to continue to ensure that the University of Missouri campus remains safe.” They suggest that students provide a detailed description of the offender, their location or license plate number, and even to take a picture if possible.
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He added that the police did not consider the hateful speech “a criminal matter.” However, “We also work for the University and uphold the Universities Rules and Regulations.”

The email comes one day after University President Tim Wolfe and Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin resigned under pressure from students and faculty alike for what they considered a lackluster response to racial incidents. The same day, protesters and members of the media clashed, with protesters declaring a “no media safe space.”
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The Ferguson Effect and the Self-Destruction of the Academy

Breitbart / Big-Government
Joel B. Pollak
11/10/2015

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In 1967, University of California president Clark Kerr was fired by the Board of Regents for being too lenient in dealing with student protests. On Monday, Tim Wolfe of the University of Missouri resigned because he felt he had not been lenient enough.

The contrast, over fifty years of student protest, reveals both how radical students have become, and how cowardly the liberal academic establishment is today in standing up for its own supposed values.

The issues that triggered the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley in 1964 were real. The civil rights movement was raging, and students wanted to advocate for the cause inside the campus gates. Later, they moved on to protest the Vietnam War–a conflict that implicated students directly because of the draft.

Today, students are motivated by a myth about racist police in Ferguson, Missouri, and are trying to suppress free speech on campus, not expand it. - (bold emphasis added)

In 1964, students sat down around a police car on campus Berkeley to protest the arrest of one of their classmates. They proceeded to hold a “teach-in” where everyone could speak–even those who disagreed with the them.

Last month, students surrounded Wolfe’s car in an off-campus parade to force him to acknowledge their demands. He still blames himself for not stepping out to talk to them–as if they had any intention of having a real conversation.

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... Today, students are often more radical than their teachers. They are inspired by the “community organizer” in the White House, who supports the demonstrations at Missouri, and celebrated the resignation of its president. -(bold and color emphasis added)
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