Ep 108 | WHINY College Student MeLtDoWn: Syracuse University

Pseudo-Intellectual with Lauren Chen

Lauren Chen

News Commentary, Society & Culture, News

4.3 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2019

⏱️ 17 minutes

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome back to the show.
0:09.7	Today we're going to be talking about the absolute insanity happening right now at Syracuse University.
0:15.2	See Syracuse University is a private research university in New York with an endowment of 1.3 billion dollars and over 22,000 students. It's ranked 54th in the nation by
0:26.1	US News and has several programs that actually rate in the top 20 or even top 10 of their kind.
0:32.1	By all accounts, Syracuse University seems like a pretty good school.
0:35.7	Definitely not some podunk community college with questionable accreditation where professors give you
0:42.1	extra credit for buying products from their multi-level marketing schemes.
0:46.0	No offense if that sounds like the school where you went.
0:49.0	But despite being fairly reputable, Syracuse U has been in the news lately for some less than stellar
0:54.6	reasons, and it's looking a lot more like a scene from Lord of the Flies than a place of
0:59.4	higher education.
1:01.2	We want!
1:02.2	Justice!
1:02.4	Hundreds of Syracuse students confront university leaders.
1:05.0	Things need to change.
1:06.0	Demanding sweeping reforms that include a more diverse curriculum and faculty.
1:10.0	We will not be silenced.
1:12.0	I felt like I was being threatened and there was going to be some kind of physical harm done to me.
1:17.0	Students are also concerned.
1:19.0	The university has increased police patrols.
1:21.0	I felt threatened, professors have canceled classes because they
1:24.2	don't feel comfortable teaching. It really hurts like I don't even feel welcome on
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