Student takeover of 'hippie school' could happen anywhere, academics warn
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/5/evergreen-campus-takeover-could-happen-anywhere/
Monday, June 5, 2017
Founded as a “hippie school” with no grades or majors, Evergreen State College may have been ripe for a student takeover — but academics warn what has happened in Olympia, Washington, could happen anywhere.
Classes resumed Monday after an anonymous threat shut down the campus for nearly three days.
“At Evergreen, campus safety is our number-one priority,” Evergreen President George Bridges said in a statement. “After consultation with law enforcement today, we have determined there is no active threat to campus. We are ready to get back to the business of teaching and learning.”
The discord, however, is far from over: More than 50 faculty members penned an open letter over the weekend calling on the administration to open an investigation into biology professor Bret Weinstein, blaming the campus unrest on his refusal to participate in a no-whites day on campus.
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