But hey you’re so much more intellectually smarter than the founding fathers and rest of rest, what do we know. They pretend there is racism where it doesn’t exist, and pretend there is police brutality where it doesn’t exist. Blaming the gun is like blaming the pencil from making an addition mistake. Both Military and Police operated under a militia system at the time the Bill of Rights were written; the Third Amendment can reasonably be applied to housing police. It was an interesting lesson in flexibility, individual learning and getting out tuitions worth. Camps: Education camps for middle and high school students will not be held on campus. If students and faculty are too ignorant (or selfish) to understand these points, then they should not be students or faculty members at CWRU. Perhaps this is from a tenure-track professor who thinks that this completely false diatribe attacking the University’s president will hurt her chances of getting tenured. PS Unless of course CWRU can somehow pull the rabbit out of the hat and provide the already paid-for instruction. Postal service employees cannot work from home FedEx and UPS truck drivers cannot work from home Servers and other personnel at local restaurants cannot work from home Retail cashiers and employees cannot work from home Cultural venues will be open and staff – employees cannot work from home Get it? The changes are now reflected in the third paragraph. The big deal is the surrounding community. Updated Jan 11, 2019; Posted Jul 12, 2016 . Considering how Republicans are always bringing up the Constitution, I would have thought they would have had this memorized. These body-armored, face-shielded, overtime-paid “mercenaries” will be champing at the bit to wield a baton and spray their pepper. Additionally, suggesting classes meet off campus is ineffective at best as many students will not have the transportation to accomplish this. They have the option to stay. On Monday night CWRU posted an online notice titled "Changes to campus operations during RNC. Imagine my surprise, then, when I learned that not only would CWRU be housing approximately 1,700 riot police in student dormitories during the Republican National Convention, that not only would those police be permitted to store their weapons in student dormitories, and that not only would widespread student opposition to this decision be placated with two milquetoast Q&A sessions – “opportunities to learn,” President Barbara Snyder called them – but that my colleagues and I, with only one week’s notice, would be expected to cancel a week of summer classes in order to accommodate the quartering of the paramilitary force descending on Cleveland to police the city during the convention. Do you not know what the 3rd amendment is??? Check it out. PHYSIOLOGY & BIOPHYSICS Campus Location: Robbins Building, E527 2210 Circle Dr. Cleveland, Ohio 44106. Riot police are brought in for any major event. That assertion makes no sense. they are housing 200 national guardsman so thy are actually housing members of the US armed forces not just domestic police. Even if it doesn’t, they can see what works well, what works poorly, where improvements can be made, what parts are needed and not. This past week’s decisions, the truly laughable “communication,” and the burdens placed on everyone involved have been incredibly frustrating. As a recent grad (2015) from Case, I currently live downtown. Another student observed: “I’ve been given 24 hours to decide where I am going to live next week. Our founding fathers were brilliant, they knew our Rights came from the Creator, NOT from man. You’re not the only people being inconvenienced in the City. Additionally, given Cleveland PD’s standing formal complaints and federal investigations into a history of racial profiling issues there is definitely reasons to be concerned over how these situations will be handled by those officers who are functionally working as deputies of Cleveland PD. It was ugly and embarrassing and despicable here, and, you know what?…not a damned thing happened to any of them for violating law and principle. As a CWRU Student I would like to comment on my experiences during this period of time. Have you ever been given one week’s notice to leave the apartment you already paid for? This piece should be in the Chronicle of Higher Ed. Case Western Reserve University offers a range of opportunities for you to get to know our campus, students, faculty and admission staff online. We have seen these terrorist organizations emboldened by imbecilic Democrat “leaders” for years. If my students learn nothing else from this failure of university leadership, I hope it will be this: that they will understand how their education exceeds the artificial boundaries of brick and mortar buildings, of tuition payments, of majors, minors, and gen ed requirements, and of their own abstracted desire to capitalize on their investment in the form of a lucrative career. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Look at the YouTube videos. Ahh so ya feel like your civil rights are invaded? But while I am loathe to question the President’s motivations, I can certainly attest to the slipperiness of her words. TBD. See how much he would want the “riot police” around him. The rest of us adults look at the ‘crazy mad’ that defines BLM, OWS, PETA, Earth First, Animal Rights, etc and we see in each and every one of those very very angry people the kind of people that get behind the wheel of a truck and set out to kill little things like rethuglicans. The financial details are shrouded in mystery, and what little information I could find suggests that the university donated the housing when the city came calling. I believe and would probably support peaceful protest during this event. The only thing missing was air conditioning in the dorms. Too many people who did not fit the criteria had turned up to the clinics for testing. Because I am a college teacher, about the only thing I can contribute in response to all this frustration and fear is to do what I know to do, which is write, open a discussion, and hope that people will pause and reflect on just what it is we are doing. The RNC is a major part of our political process. The primary issue I’m targeting with this essay is the way the CWRU administration has handled the RNC. As for CWRU, they should have had the honesty to be honest. Watch Full Show. President Barbara Snyder held two forums on campus July 6 after students and faculty voiced concerns over housing the police. You should care about that because, to paraphrase the movie, “This IS CLEVELAND!”. Instead of disputing semantics, I will continue to call this decision what it is: CWRU is effectively cancelling its classes in order to host 1,700 riot police for the RNC. Grow up and try to adjust to a few inconveniences for one lousy week. This is the first piece about this situation that I think truly covers what needed to be said and uncovers what hadn’t been, but needed to be said. As a staff member at Case Western Reserve University, I am appalled at the lack of common sense and respect this community has shown to the leadership of the school. They’re wonderful people, and I care about them. Then, suddenly, the world changed. Admittedly, students aren’t being forced out of their dorms. I wonder how much of the – for lack of a better term – security precautions are due to housing policemen per se and how much is due to the RNC itself. I want them to be safe and to receive the education they deserve. There are several points in this comment that I wish you’d made in the original article, but mainly I think venting about the inconvenience to you and the students, rather than about the target CWRU now has on it, diluted the real issue, at least in my opinion. “While we spoke widely about the decision” to bring these officers to campus, she notes, including “spring meetings at each School, at Faculty Senate…we did not communicate directly with students.” Fair enough. Would that provide better optics? Your trusted source for local Western Cape news! Case Western Reserve University has decided to cancel classes and other activities on campus during the Republican National Convention. Those “riot police” as he calls them are men and women from Ohio and other parts of the USA serving their country and state. As they say, shit happens, and educated productive people know how to adjust accordingly. That is why additional police and the Ohio National Guard have been summoned to Cleveland and put up in empty dorms at CWRU. It’s faculty like you that make me feel appreciated, respected, valued, and protected as a student. Should we talk about how we got to this place and what we need to do about it now. But then what institution speaks the truth? Police to “Protect” campus? It means disrupting the education of bright, energetic young minds in order to offer our supply of housing to help meet the city’s demand for a convenient base of operations. That’s why I wrote this essay. Just to provide a few examples. 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