Actually they do! I was a Navy recruiter for 3 years. The vast majority of my recruits were first semester (or 2nd) drops from the local college who found the core liberal course requirements too much.
In reading the story I noticed that most of those quoted protesters were like 24 years old! If one goes to college and make a solid effort don't you usually graduate at like 22? Not only are these "kids" professional students, they want to be professional protesters. Even after graduation they will be near the bottom of the earnings ladder for college grads while those who quit, joined the military, learned valuable life skills, and served honorably (whether gay or not - don't ask/don't tell works) - will find their earnings above them. These protesters obviously find it difficult to "go with the flow" thus in any corporate setting they will not last.
I say we keep taxpayer money from the school whenever there is a student protest like this. No matter what the official policy is, it is evident that the student's run the school. Go for the money!
That one will leave a mark, because it is true. I recall the type distinctly.
The Detroit News has a business reporter named Daniel Howes who is one of the bright shining lights of rational thought in that paper. He recently made the point that since the University of Michigan is really just a private university taking public funding, that the state allow it to become a reak private university and remove tax payer dollars. I think your point, noted above, supports this point of view. Once upon a time, a case could be made for using taxpayer dollars to promote higher education when there weren't a lot of people getting college educations, but that time is long past. Schools that want to promote a particular ideology should be cut loose. They can no doubt make it on their own anyway.
"I was a Navy recruiter for 3 years"
Thanks for your service. Most folks don't realize how hard the job of a Recruiter really is. These guys are actually on their "Shore" tours(a break from the operational world), and while their peers on normal shore tours enjoy weekends with their families, these guys often spend 7 days a week trying to meet recruiting goals. After their meat grinder of a tour they go back out to operational tours.
That being said, I have no problem with these bedwetting libs protesting the war. When the surround these recruiters and verbally harrass them, it becomes abuse IMHO.
How do we get the law enforced that yanks the federal funding of schools that allow this abuse to occur?
Thanks for your response msrngtp2002. My experience in New Orleans was a little different from yours but that was during VietNam post draft.