Survival with Eyewitness News. Ukee washington. Im jessica dean. The Temple University was student was walking to his car, david spunt has more and what officials are doing to keep students safe. Reporter he is 20 years old, leaving class last week, minding his own business, about 8 30 at night when somebody hit him in the head with a pipe three times. He is lucky to be alive tonight. I was take anything, they just beat me. Its a group of teens attack him last week at 12th and oxford a block from the campus. We met him where he was attacked an area he knows well. He said the teens wasted no time the taller kids among the four turned to my side and pom punched me in the back of my head. Reporter after the punch he was hit three times with pipe, fell to the ground but still conscious. Got the attention of a Security Guard who called an ambulance. After they went away, i just said thank you so much for being here, if you werent, i would have been as good as dead. Who knows before a would
And the professor were physically attacked following the event. Ost professor Allison Stanger what is the famous middlebury protest . The story has been told many times. A Student Group, the aei club is aed Charles Murray, who rather controversial figure, libertarian scholar. Because the newly he was controversial, he invited me to ask in the first three or four questions. It went from there. In march. Ck the event was on march 2 and there was a run up to the event where tensions rose and rose to the point where they were whipped into a frenzy so that some student organizers shut down the speech that was successful. We had an alternative plan, we went to a remote location. In enraged some of the protesters further and that is rate got the incident where i was injured outside the lecture hall. Host Middlebury College is where . Allison Middlebury College is in the greenmount server mod, champlain valley. In some sense you can in part explain the reaction because it is a bubble within a
For some, this is civil progress a demonstration of respect for minorities and their inclusion. For others, it is at best, pc gone mad. Or at worst, a new creed of liberal authoritarianism. Well discuss the implications in a few minutes, but first Katie Razzall reports on the arguments over who can say what at university. Im kat and i use she or they pronouns. I think its hard to explain what micro aggression is. A safe space is not necessarily a physical space. Sculpted by the people its meant to be for. To older generations its a whole new language. But, on campus, terms like no platforming, safe spaces, micro aggressions and preferred pronouns are increasingly the norm. Im clara and i use she, her, her pronouns. Im molly and use she, her pronouns as well. New terms are one thing but those that use them are accused by critics of an assault on free speech. The latest spat involves the former labour politician linda bellos, a lesbian activist and feminist. She was no platformed recentl
Followed by the Prime Minister taking questions from the house of commons. This week, allison stanger, professor of Political Science, she talked about the reaction on the appearance of Charles Murray. What is the famous middle barry protest . Ebury protest . A Student Group invited Charles Murray, a controversial figure, libertarian scholar, to campus. They invited me to ask him the first three or four questions. And it went from there. This is back in march. The event was on march 2 and there was a runup to the event where tensions rose to the point where they were with into a frenzy with into a frenzy where some students organized a shutdown of the speech, which was successful. That is where you got the incident where i was injured outside the lecture hall. Where is the college . In the Green Mountains of vermont. You can explain the reaction because it is almost a bubble within a bubble. Oats liberal arts is something of a bubble. Vermont, the home of bernie sanders, the state of t
Green mountains of vermont, the champlain valley, so in some sense, you can in part explain the reaction because it is almost a bubble within a bubble. Every liberal Arts College Campus is something of a bubble, which is a good thing, because liberal learning takes place there, but it is in vermont, the home of ben jerrys, the home of bernie sanders, and also the states in the union with the smallest percentage of voters who voted for donald trump. That context is very important for understanding what transpired. Host how many students . Guest 2350 . Fairly small. Host i saw the Number Online that says that is what tuition and room and board costs for one year. Guest it is an expensive proposition, but we make a real effort to make the experience available to as many bright, capable young people as possible. Ahere are significant number of students on for financial aid. A greater number pay that enormous amount, which is quite extraordinary. Host where did you get your education . Gues