Posted on 10/08/2018 5:57:35 AM PDT by Gamecock
The President of the University of Southern Maine is putting the brakes on a course that would have given students a college credit for protesting Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Women’s Studies Professor Susan Feiner attempted to offer a “pop-up course” that would allow USM undergraduate students to take a free bus trip to Washington D.C. Wednesday night. They would have been traveling with protesters and sexual assault survivors asking Senator Susan Collins to oppose Kavanaugh.
“This is an opportunity for students to see history in the making,” said Feiner.
It’s not clear how many students received the email advertising the trip, but one former student posted screen shots to social media this week. The email included a link to a survey which asked if participants would be willing to be arrested during protests.
Hundreds of people held signs and chanted to protest the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and to show support for victims of sexual assault.(Published Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018) The Maine GOP posted the screen shots to its Facebook page, and urged people to call USM President Glenn Cummings.
President Cummings issued a statement Wednesday evening saying the pop-up course was cancelled.
California Wildfire Victims Say Cleanup Crews Add to Woes “This pop-up course was hastily arranged in the past 24 hours, without the knowledge of the Provost or myself. It was not appropriately reviewed nor went through proper channels,” the President’s statement read.
"University policy makes it absolutely clear that our public, taxpayer-funded institutions must be non-partisan in terms of political activity and institutionally impartial in all political, religious and social matters that are unrelated to our universities' core mission of education, research, and public service."
Professor Feiner insists this was not meant to be a partisan exercise. She says if students wanting to support the nomination wanted to enroll in the course and take the trip, they would have been welcome. “We were not dictating what students do once they get to DC,” she said.
Some students said they supported the concept of the course – even if it broke university policy.
“Every college should take a stand,” said student Mustfa Kadhim. “We have to support women.”
Others felt it was a step too far.
“I feel like there’s a time and a place for protesting,” said Ian Trumpler. “I feel like it shouldn’t be run through the school. That’s an easy credit for the kids, but kind of crazy for a professor to offer.”
No one knows the value of a college degree more than the head of CalPERS.... even shading the story to include possibly/maybe working on the degree. /sarc
...” Every college should take a stand,” said student Mustfa Kadhim. “We have to support women.” ...
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Dear Mustfa,
I do. I support the UNBORN women who are murdered every day in the womb because their soulless, irresponsible “parents” are permitted to murder them.
It’s worth nothing ...... this story proves it.
I thought he was a cartoon lion.
Probably a student of our welfare system.
Women’s Studies Professor....
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Stopped reading right there. They are already getting credits for nothing... and chicks for free.
Credit Credit who wants some Credit
The liberal MSM can be and is being countered, but what can be done about surrogate parents (teachers)? They have our children's attention for more time than the parents. It's been that way for decades and they keep pumping out even more angry illiterate socialists every generation. Now the learned and wise "Professors" are creating actual communists and anarchists.
I have no answer other than eliminate the Dept. of Education. At the very least, its policies should be reviewed yearly to see if they comport with our fundamental ideals based on our Constitution and moral principles that made our country the envy of the World, which has been copied by many nations time and again.
Oops, run-on sentence. Guess I should have taken some remedial college courses in English, like many Freshmen are required. Haha. Actually, I know where I could split that run-on sentence, but wanted to further my point.
So Mustfa Kadhim lectures us on the need to “support women.” Yeah, sure.
I used to excel at English grammar and sentence construction. What am I missing here?
‘Traveling with protesters and SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS’
ANYONE can SAY they are sexual assault survivors...........
Has Professor Feiner been fired?
Has the “woman’s studies” program been axed?
No?
Then the college is complicit in this farce.
It was not appropriately reviewed nor went through proper channels,” the President’s statement read.
The university president couldn’t pass English 101 at a decent school.
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It is obvious to me it was a simple typo.
“It was not appropriately reviewed nor SENT through proper channels.”
The W is immediately above the S on the keyboard. S simple typo.
How much are parents being ripped off for - - sending their kids to this poor excuse for a University?
Brought to you by Zero’s leftovers.
Yes, and I would like some postgraduate credits for a trip to Hawaii! Already have JD and MA, but it’s never too late to get in more learning. I bet there’s something interesting going on in Hawaii!
“We have to support women.”
Even the pathological liars?
Parallelism on the verbs
It was not appropriately reviewed nor went through proper channels
It was not reviewed
It was not went
Mollypitcher1 pointed out that it was likely a typo - replace ‘went” with “sent” and it works, an the S is just below the W on the keyboard.
...a “pop-up course” that would allow USM undergraduate students to take a free bus trip to Washington D.C. Wednesday night.
And where did the money come from, or where was it supposed to come from? What part of the gubmint approved the spending? She's unfit to teach.
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