Protesting quesadillas? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?
There are American kids being brought home in body bags. There is an economy in the tank. There are special interests being specially placated. There's Bernie Madoff in a penthouse.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WORTH PROTESTING DOUCHEBAGS.
See, "The Sixties" and get over your stupid self-centered selves.
I'm still trying to figure out from yesterday's post what the significance is of exactly 13 students from Gaza getting an all expense paid NYU education. It's some sort of karmic retribution against the 13 disciples? Admit not 10, not 20, but 13.
@gladys_kravitz: Because clearly the way to bring peace to the Middle East is to give a small cadre of Gazan students access to the same font of wisdom the protesters have drunk from. Then they'd return home and present 13 demands to Hamas and Israel that would fix everything.
Isn't Rule 1 of Student Takeovers that they not be scheduled in the dead of winter?
I don't really understand what this was about, but I have some sympathy. It sounds like they were trying to make the university administration more accountable.
Sounds reasonable to me. They are consumers as well as students.
They can always threaten not to make contributions after they graduate. I recall that some angry Harvard Law School students launched a campaign called "N.O.P.E." --Not One Penny Ever [?].
@1.1.1.: You don't understand what it's about because the protesters don't even understand. Their list of demands is all over the place. They want annual reporting of the budget, scholarships to students from Gaza, donations of supplies to a university in Gaza, a tuition freeze and unionization of TAs.
If you take over a building, it's because of an issue. There can be a lot of parts of that issue, but it's one issue.
For once, NYU students were NOT being a bunch of annoying, emphatically blase hipsters and tried really hard to do...something. I actually thought it was kinda cool, if not poorly planned. They pay thousands of dollars of mummy and daddy's money and feel like they aren't being given a fair say in the way that money is spent. It's worth fighting for. Just in a better way.
@Sister Toldja: I understand the sentiment, but "tried really hard" is a stretch. They did no research into how to make any of their plans financially feasible, presented no one who could actually understand a budget if they actually got to take a look, had a totally all-over-the-place agenda, barricaded themselves in a space that barely inconveniences anyone, and the list goes on and on. They may not like how the money is spent, but they also don't understand how the money needs to be spent. Suggesting that "every student get financial aid" is extremely impractical when you'd also like every teacher and TA to get paid, housing to be available for every student, and campus shuttles to be free.
@DahlELama: I have to agree. Also: You wanted to go to the institution. It's size and the breadth of opportunity it offers has a nasty flip side of which, upon receipt of check, one has determined to reap the benefits. I am not against protest (I was part of one at another NY campus that actually ended in curriculum changes (and death threats)). But this was mismanaged. Social change isn't just toplessness and House of Pain. That shit takes work.
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There are American kids being brought home in body bags. There is an economy in the tank. There are special interests being specially placated. There's Bernie Madoff in a penthouse.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WORTH PROTESTING DOUCHEBAGS.
See, "The Sixties" and get over your stupid self-centered selves.
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What's wrong with sax and violins?
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... and you are in the supermarket with your coddling parent(s).
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I don't really understand what this was about, but I have some sympathy. It sounds like they were trying to make the university administration more accountable.
Sounds reasonable to me. They are consumers as well as students.
They can always threaten not to make contributions after they graduate. I recall that some angry Harvard Law School students launched a campaign called "N.O.P.E." --Not One Penny Ever [?].
Wonder how that worked out.
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If you take over a building, it's because of an issue. There can be a lot of parts of that issue, but it's one issue.
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So the other guy picks up a chair and klonks him on the head with it.
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Seriously.
I Can Has Cheezburger was hiring a few weeks ago.
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Shouldn't that be:
Take over a building when you're Clooney's godson and it's Animal House; try it when you're a CUNY son it's Dog Day Afternoon.
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Take over a building when you're 900 and you're Jesus.
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