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...enjoyable sophomore and junior year. But this last year, says Theoharis, has been difficult. Although she herself did not participate in the November 15 University Hall sit-in, she did take part in the surrounding protests, which, she says, were draining...
...other major setback for the CCR came later in the spring, after what has come to be an annual rite--a sit-in Clark's office. Thirteen days after students occupied the Dean's office on April 10, Clark sent a stern letter to all students and faculty members warning that such "future disruptions" would lead to suspensions or even expulsions...
When Clark mailed a letter of warning to those identified during the April 10 incident--and sent copies to the entire student body and faculty--members of the pro-diversity" Coalition for Civil Rights (CCR) went ballistic. The CCR, which sponsored the nine-hour sit-in, drafted a response to Clark's letter, calling his warnings "a clear attempt to chill voices of dissent on this campus...
This was only to be expected given the history of risk-free disruptions over the last several years. From Dartmouth to Stanford, the typical sit-in scenario has run something like this: Angry students occupy some portion of university property, issue a list of nonnegotiable "demands," sing chants and leave in time for the next day's lectures. Spineless administrators have played their part too, often by making concessions or refusing to punish protestors for breaking the rules...
Some students might challenge the dean by staging another sit-in to call his bluff. After all, it was CCR protester Keith Boykin who declared with Schwarzeneggerian flair, "We shall be back." If so, Dean Clark, I humbly offer my three-point plan to deal with campus malcontents in your office...