ANOTHER GREAT MOMENT IN EDUCATION – AT 10:58 A.M. ET:   They're coming faster than ever – the attempts to make colleges into sandboxes and playpens...at $60,000 a year.  From the College Fix:

Star Wars Stormtrooper costumes have been banned from an upcoming Princeton University alumni reunion party, with organizers telling their fellow 2012 grads the costumes would just be too upsetting for some.

“The Class of 2012’s costumes for an upcoming reunion were changed after a classmate raised concerns about the origin of the term ‘storm trooper,’” Lindy Li, a spokeswoman for Princeton’s class of 2012, said in a Facebook post obtained by the Daily Caller. “The costumes were vetted by over 50 classmates who did not make this connection and never had any intention of referring to the World War II era.”

“Out of an abundance of caution and sensitivity, and in an effort to guarantee all classmates feel comfortable and welcome on campus, we decided to change our design to another character in the Star Wars universe.”

According to an email to alumni explaining the decision over their reunion party, slated for June, the issue is the “origin of this word and its connections to early- to mid-20th century Germany.”

COMMENT:  I understand the concern, but isn't this carrying things too far?  Star Wars has nothing to do with Nazi Germany. 

Last night, at Middlebury College in Vermont, conservative scholar Charles Murray was roughed up, and a female professor escorting him was sent to the hospital, by a violent crowd protesting Murray's appearance.  The college stood firm in its commitment to free speech, but so far we have heard of no arrests of the mob, or expulsions from Middlebury.  You may have seen this story on TV last night.  We'll follow it to see if there are any consequences for the mobsters.

There are terrible things happening on our campuses.  Some brave educators are speaking out, but the mob still has the advantage.

March 4, 2017