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Emory student gov. pledges ‘emergency funds’ to help those ‘in pain’ over Trump chalking
.campusreform. ^ | Mar 23, 2016 | Brian Ledtke

Posted on 03/24/2016 10:11:11 AM PDT by MarvinStinson

Chalked messages such as "Vote Trump 2016" appeared on the school's sidewalks Monday.

Many students said they were 'in pain' and felt 'frustration' and 'fear' because of the chalk messages.

The school's student government vowed to use emergency funds to help support those traumatized by the messages.

Emory’s Student Government Association (SGA) and the College Council released a joint statement Tuesday after students voiced “genuine concern and pain” over pro-Donald Trump chalkings on campus saying that “the messages represent particularly bigoted opinions, policies, and rhetoric.”

Following the “unexpected chalking” which consisted of such phrases as, “Vote Trump 2016,” “Accept the Inevitable, Trump 2016,” and “Build the Wall,” about 40 students protested in front of the Emory Administration Building with signs saying “Stop Trump” and “Stop Hate.”

“I’m supposed to feel comfortable and safe [here],” one student said, “But this man is being supported by students on our campus and our administration shows that they, by their silence, support it as well…I don’t deserve to feel afraid at my school.”

The Emory Wheel reports that student Jonathan Peraza led chants of “You are not listening! Come speak to us, we are in pain,” during the protest.

“So this student is afraid of chalk opinions? Is this real life? That's the standard of fear now,” Fox Sport’s Clay Travis said in reply to Peraza cries.

The students then moved inside the Administration Building while shouting, “We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.”

Once inside a boardroom, with president James Wagner listening, Peraza asked his fellow students how they were feeling.

“Frustration” and “fear” were some of the responses before one student said tearfully, “How can you not [disavow Trump] when Trump’s platform and his values undermine Emory’s values that I believe are diversity and inclusivity when they are obviously not [something that Trump supports].”

[RELATED: ‘Trump-er stickers’ vandalized, Republican students harassed at Saint Mary’s College]

Wagner reportedly then asked the students what the university should do about the situation, to which one student replied, “decry the support for this fascist, racist candidate.”

After over an hour of discussion, Wagner eventually agreed and said he would begin to draft an email. He also assured the protesters that officials will be reviewing security footage and if the offenders are Emory students then they will go through the conduct violation process. If they are not students, they will be charged with trespassing.

Amanda Obando, a student at Emory, said she was fearful after the chalkings appeared and expressed concern that the university didn’t take any immediate, definite steps.

“People still don’t understand that the protest yesterday served not only as an expression against one interpretation of the chalking, but also as a collective manifestation against the fear that a bigot leader can create,” Obando added.

Libertarian writer Jeffrey Tucker took it a step further and equated the chalking with a “cross burning.”

"It was like cross burning. It was on private property. It was extremely damaging and the students and faculty were totally embarrassed...it was absolutely intended to intimidate everyone and it worked,” Tucker told Reason.com.

Not long after the Trump chalkings appeared, many of them were already replaced with phrases saying, “Choose compassion,” “Stop hate” and “Stand against hatred.”

“Look, I’m so pleased I was in the building when [the protesters] arrived,” Wagner said in an interview with The Emory Wheel, “The opportunity to listen and their willingness to try to explain more and more clearly to me what the root of the concerns were was very effective.”

In his campus-wide email, Wagner outlined four steps that he plans to take, which includes immediately refining certain policies, providing opportunities for difficult dialogues, starting a process to institutionalize identification, and reviewing and addressing social justice issues.

The SGA and College Council pledged in the statement, obtained by Campus Reform, to stand in solidarity with the “threatened” communities of this incident and to also make emergency funds available to “any student organization looking to sponsor events in response to this incident.”

Zak Hudak, The Emory Wheel’s editor-in-chief, says that it shouldn’t be the role of an educational institution to tell students which opinions they are allowed to have.

“If we shut down the opposition, we lose our purpose as a university. We lose the courage to inquire, and we lose the ability to engage with the contention that we will encounter outside of the Emory community,” Hudak argued.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: emoryu; handwringers; nancyboys; trump
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1 posted on 03/24/2016 10:11:11 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: MarvinStinson

What, no claims of whiplash yet?


2 posted on 03/24/2016 10:12:55 AM PDT by W. (Screw it. Send in the Marines!)
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To: MarvinStinson

Delicate snowflakes.

Remember the U of Missouri guy who got fired for not taking the SJW’s hurt feelings seriously enough.

Expect to see more of this. Kill free speech by claiming anything they disagree with is ‘non speech / hate speech.’
Orwellian.


3 posted on 03/24/2016 10:13:03 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: MarvinStinson
PATHETIC................................
4 posted on 03/24/2016 10:14:14 AM PDT by Red Badger (The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
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To: MarvinStinson
Poor Little Snowflakes.

...their sanctuary Safe Space was violated.

Ohhhh, the Horror!


5 posted on 03/24/2016 10:14:23 AM PDT by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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To: MarvinStinson
WARNING

DO NOT look at the following picture

unless you are FULLY COVERED by medical insurance.

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6 posted on 03/24/2016 10:15:07 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: MarvinStinson

I’m not a Trump supporter, but this is trolling done right. Kudos to the person doing it.


7 posted on 03/24/2016 10:16:31 AM PDT by Durbin
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To: MarvinStinson

This sounds like satire. Or the reaction of the mentally ill.


8 posted on 03/24/2016 10:16:55 AM PDT by apocalypto
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To: apocalypto

Mental illness is the basic condition of the left.


9 posted on 03/24/2016 10:20:52 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: MarvinStinson

Sounds to me like they may be bound up, some prune juice would ease the pain.


10 posted on 03/24/2016 10:21:02 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: MarvinStinson

We need some global warming to melt these delicate little snowflakes away.


11 posted on 03/24/2016 10:21:32 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: MarvinStinson

I too was young and foolish once. But I was never that foolish. I have to hope that the students in these incidents are but a small minority of an otherwise sensible student population. I have to.


12 posted on 03/24/2016 10:22:05 AM PDT by Blennos
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To: MarvinStinson

I’d bet money that one of the special snowflakes did this themselves.


13 posted on 03/24/2016 10:22:25 AM PDT by FReepaholic (Stupidity is not a crime, so you're free to go.)
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To: Truth29

And to think those idiots can/will vote. What the hell has happened to this once great country? The entire education system needs to be dumped and started all over again if those are the type product that is being produced.


14 posted on 03/24/2016 10:23:32 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: MarvinStinson
These kids are idiots. I remember my mom saying if you want something to cry about I'LL give you something to cry about. This was enough to quit crying as she truly would.
15 posted on 03/24/2016 10:26:20 AM PDT by IC Ken
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To: MarvinStinson

Is this from the Onion?


16 posted on 03/24/2016 10:26:41 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: aquila48

Nope. It’s true blue real.


17 posted on 03/24/2016 10:27:36 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: W.

The present college generation grew up completely coddled by soccer moms and dads. These are kids who never learned street smarts with one another.


18 posted on 03/24/2016 10:29:22 AM PDT by LoneRangerMassachusetts (behind enemy lines)
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To: MarvinStinson

The haters are afraid?


19 posted on 03/24/2016 10:31:28 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: MarvinStinson

Sounds like they have a large bunch of illegals Americans are footing the bill for at Emory.


20 posted on 03/24/2016 10:31:43 AM PDT by ZULU (Trump is the answer. The Establishment is the problem.)
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