Ithaca College president resigns after protests over race issues

Washington Post ^ | 01/14/2016 | Susan Svrluga

[Kid Shelleen]

After months of protests and no-confidence votes by students and faculty this fall, Ithaca College’s president announced Thursday that he would step down in July 2017.

Student protesters, angered by what they felt was an insufficient response to racist incidents on campus, have been calling for Tom Rochon’s resignation with “die-ins” and other events, --SNIP-- An incident in October involved an alumni panel in which one participant, a young black woman, said she had a “savage hunger” for success.

Two other panelists, older white men, then referred to her as “the savage.”

“I love what the savage here said,” one said. The panel’s moderator then pointed to her and said, “You’re the savage.”

[Kid Shelleen]

Apparently the Ithaca college campus is like Selma, Alabama in the 50's and the college President is responsible for everyone's micro-aggressions including alumni.

[dfwgator]

Another typical day in the City of Evil.

[Da Coyote]

Repeat after me: “Take your illiterate liberal asses off of this campus. Now!”

Easy.

Now, all those idiots have to do is to find positions more aligned with their intellect.

Like panhandling or ditch digging.

Face it, you and they know its true.

[ClearCase_guy]

He’s going to retire in a year and a half??

I have a hard time thinking that the protesters “forced him out”.

[BigBobber]

It’s hilarious when the spawn of the liberal culture turn back to destroy one of their own.

[Sooth2222]

"no-confidence votes by students"

Good grief! The inmates really are running the asylum! If only it had been so easy to get rid of college presidents when I was in school!

[nickcarraway]

Giving someone an excuse to leave Ithaca sounds like a victory for to me.

[Darksheare]

New York values.

[A_perfect_lady]

It’s hilarious when the spawn of the liberal culture turn back to destroy one of their own.

That's how it usually happens, for some reason. They always eat their own.

[Kid Shelleen]

>> He's going to retire in a year and a half?? <<

Good catch! He is probably a big time liberal anyway but he was against the "academic boycott of Israeli". That probably got him on some kind of leftist hit list.

This boycott was met with heavy criticism from several university presidents from around the U.S., including Ithaca College President Tom Rochon, who said the boycott would inhibit the free exchange of ideas.

http://ithacavoice.com/2014/06/ithaca-college-president-tom-rochon-political-science-prof-turned-president/

[Personal Responsibility]

If they tossed every liberal off the Ithaca campus, it’d be empty.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

#BLACKLIESMATTER strikes again!

[MinorityRepublican]

If he was against the academic boycott of Israel, then he wasn’t that bad, relatively speaking.

[ronnie raygun]

Colleges are coming to thier final end, first they were invaded by the radical drug induced commie potesters of the 60’s, then the radicals in the 60’s all grown up became the perverted professors who use thier powers for sexual favors with students today and preach socialst commie values while enjoying top pay upper middleclass living and now the AKA black lives matter crowd screaming racist is nailing the door shut, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Much like rat control of major cities for decades the rot has reached its limit

[PGR88]

The Red Guards have taken over the university.

No learning going on there - only politics.