You can take the player out of Pittsburgh....

College is a place where you are confronted with people who are different from you. People with different political and religious beliefs. People who are of different races. People who may not understand your culture or sensitivities.

“My hope would be that an academic institution would be the one place where you can engage in civil discourse about any topic.”

They pooped on the floor, didn't they?

As much as I agree with this article certain points they brought up at the meeting are just asinine. Maybe it’s just how the article words things but it sounds like they want more Minority professionals in the mental health program. In other words, they don’t believe any NON-minority is qualified to help them. To…

I was also struck by this. Somehow if the administration and faculty don’t show visible emotion in a professional context they lack empathy or the ability to listen and consider what they’re hearing? I’m sure I’ll get slammed in the comments for this, but this sounded like a breach of decorum on the part of the…

Not to minimize the hurt these students felt, which I believe is genuine, but some understanding of a university’s dynamics helps explain some of the gap.

It is so much more fun to be a victim though

Yeah, no. There is video evidence to support the media’s position. Safe space are good and fine, but that’s not why they(the students) went there. Universities are places of higher learning, not social/community centers. Universities are there to teach you what you need to earn your degree, not to make you a better…

The response of the students to their meeting with school executives is embarrassing. They’re complaining about a lack of “empathy” from people that are acting professionally. These aren’t their therapists; it’s the goddamn DEAN OF THE SCHOOL..

Did anyone actually read the Yale professors response to the halloween costume letter?

This is the sort of basic reporting fail that wrecks the credibility of the rest. That, or the reporter straight up doesn’t know the difference, which also, and differently, destroys the credibility.

a former Army intelligence officer

FFS, what a vile person she is.

I’m giving mynown post a star here because I can’t star yours twice. Consider it yours.

These weren’t fake commercials. They actually happened. They’re very real.

I’ve heard from an inside source that the Coors Light ads throughout the stadiums and broadcasts are paid for too.

Military spends money on propaganda. Shocking.

“But people deserve to know when advertisements are advertisements.”

“Unsuspecting audience members became the subjects of paid-marketing campaigns rather than simply bearing witness to teams’”