Would that provide better optics? If you’re so against the paramilitary taken their weapons into a dorm building, how about we pull all law enforce off campus and see what happens to the number of rapes, assaults, and thefts on campus. So instead of being a bunch of babies (yes I went there) grow up, deal with it and move on. Postal service do not live at the post office. We are a part of this community, and felt a civic obligation to respond when asked.” Apparently “civic obligation” means catering to the interests of the powerful at the expense of the exploited. So someone says, “Fine, they can take incompletes and retake the class in the fall.” Great, unless the class is a pre-req for a two-semester sequence required to graduate next spring. I fail to see the wisdom in rebranding our mistakes in order to imply otherwise. Another district has been shut down for three days because of the number of cases. As far as being a responsible member of the community, these “reduced operations” come with the closure of the dental clinic and Psychology Clinic, which are critical resources serving underprivileged members of the surrounding community. Not the Ghostbusters. I’d imagine the period during which CWRU is housing police with weapons would represent the safest the campus could possibly be with the RNC going on. Police to “Protect” campus? You can do anything with a Case degree. One of the complaints against King George III by the American colonialists was the forces quartering of British troops. Your suburban yawn reveals your distance from the problem. 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. This child was raised by spoiled liberal kids and a President that only wants revenge for slavery . This just shows your tremendous ignorance. Thank you for highlighting this. I am grateful that my University is helping the police protect the city of Cleveland during this high risk event, but I understand the concern of some students taking into consideration our neighboring communities. However, that being said, there have been numerous threats towards the RNC that they will “riot” not simply just protest. Snyder also apologized for her campus-wide email on June 24 urging everyone to not stereotype all police officers as violent or prejudiced. This is ridiculous first of all no one is being forced t leave their dorms they have to option to if they feel uncomfortable which is up to their own discretion. Riot police are brought in for any major event. Well they are being safe – the fewer people on campus, the less likely someone can get hurt. I think this piece raises some interesting issues, but it troubles me that the author is so self-righteous and argumentative, yet is unwilling to risk damage to his own interests. I really do believe they’re doing what they can. If you’ve taught, you know the author is correct. 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. The attacker will himself shut down the machine forcefully after opening the case, so it just will happen a bit earlier. Classes at the Metropolitan Campus will be held off-site. Within two weeks, practically the entire Canadian economy was locked down. This is a police totalitarian state, plain and simple. America), then go home!”. So no, nobody is forcing the paying undergraduate out of their dorms. It’s in a dictionary. From whom? In light of recent events with the Black Lives Matter movement and violence against police, CWRU is effectively housing a bunch of officers who are, justifiably, scared. You’re going to figure out how they can finish requisite work without getting on campus. It’s embarrassing. Case Western Reserve University will essentially shut down during Republican National Convention. It establishes Snyder’s ethos as a good liberal, concerned not only with student safety but with the deeper aims of social justice. Right, the police. Both professors and students should be ashamed of themselves for the nasty vitriol they have spewed since the decision was made to soft close the university during the RNC. The latest case is a Darwin woman in her 50s who tested positive on … The students still have to live somewhere even if they are not on campus. But everyone needs to do that from the top down. Not one of her points is completely accurate, and some are completely false. Grow up and try to adjust to a few inconveniences for one lousy week. The only difference is now it is official and public. Raising these memories is not in any way contrary to supporting police and other security officers. In bivouacs set up on Malls A, B, and C, Voinovich Park and the Hall of Fame Plaza? If this disturbs you, you should write to President Barbara Snyder and Provost Bud Baeslack with the following question: “What is a university for?”. open-and-shut case phrase. Case is in the same area (merely 4 miles from the RNC and neighboring the Clinic and UH), and prudence would dictate for the university to similarly prepare for the worst while hoping for the best. I’d prefer that CWRU experience minor “inconveniences” so that Cleveland has the necessary human power to protect the City during the RNC. Had they made different decisions (such as genuinely listening to student and faculty concerns), CWRU could have been a place where cooler heads prevailed and where people could perhaps ESCAPE from the chaos of downtown. 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. Nearby hospitals, including the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals, are likewise preparing for the worst, keeping doctors on call and preparing for an extended emergency without access to outside aid and support. [blocktext align=”right”]Thank you for your burdensome tuition bill, my students have been told. This is untrue. Case Western Reserve University offers a range of opportunities for you to get to know our campus, students, faculty and admission staff online. The first case of coronavirus was just confirmed in western Pennsylvania. This piece should be in the Chronicle of Higher Ed. But as the student I quote in the article says, “I FEEL like I’m being forced out.” And in my estimation, that’s just as serious. For you strike team leaders of the apocalypse who are thinking of blocking I-90 with a human chain, consider the one angry driver who isn’t going to ‘stop’ in time and plow right through you like Mad Max. If these “police,” “peace officers,” are anything like or of the same who were imported to Pittsburgh for the 2009 G-20…you can expect civil rights violations, illegal arrests, unwarranted detentions…and general jack-bootedness. Put another way, while a class action could address common monetary damages, including the university’s failure to deliver 1/8th of the instruction I and other parents have paid for it can only address those common issues that define the class. To use President Snyder’s words, I hope that they will rediscover what it means to be “part of this community.” Most of all, I hope that the example of CWRU’s failure will offer my students as much of an education as the one I’m trying to give them in the classroom we’ve been barred from using. Can we actually presume that asking faculty to reboot one eighth of their entire class, during week seven of an eight week term and with less than one week of notice, will lead to a positive learning experience for our students? A business might behave this way, but a university? NOT from the police staying on our campus, because, let’s be honest, they are not here to harm you – they are here to protect the protesters at the RNC. Despite popular bipartisan calls for the country to stand together, we seem to be separating everyone. Good for you. There may have been pressure from government officials, but revenue generation is the real driver. While my colleagues are brilliant, innovative, and committed teachers, I don’t think anyone who understands the energy and preparation that goes into teaching a college course would realistically imagine that “the learning will still take place” in anything resembling the manner we envisioned when we designed our courses. The school closure is due in response to other liberal cry-babies whining that they won’t feel safe with police on campus. With all due respect, your anger is misdirected. Note: Mitchell v Anderson addresses this, I disagree with the ruling. 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. Perhaps you should read the definition of business. I teach at Case and I could certainly figure out how to conduct class without using a classroom on campus. As for the police presence itself, my problem is not with any of the 1,700 out-of-town officers being housed on campus, individually. As a CWRU Student I would like to comment on my experiences during this period of time. It’s a national convention that will have a US presidential candidate in attendance, do you really think what is happening next week is being controlled by the mayor of Cleveland or the CWRU president? We’re hypnotized by lies that pass as honesty…and we continue to take it. Maybe all you liberals can hold hands and sing Kumbaya and that will create the utopia you so desire. Nor is there any indoctrination. Which would mean the students aren’t missing anything except being programmed with lies. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. What should scare everyone about you is your concern about police, the same police that protect your sorry azz about bringing guns in a dorm building, a then calling them paramilitary, really? Oh one last thought, you can’t name one single time a gun ever shot someone. ET. I wish he would go teach in Afganistan, Iraq, or any war torn country. There is a precedent from the early ’60s for housing the National Guard at Case (before CWRU existed). Unlikely. Sounds like someone really needs a vacation….. As for CWRU, they should have had the honesty to be honest. We need to be reaching out and engaging our community, not bringing in a massive police presence that could very easily escalate tensions on campus and within University Circle and the surrounding area. I’d not worry -it’s assuredly not true that no choice was given. TBD. A western Sydney primary school has been closed for cleaning after a student tested positive for COVID-19. In light of developments concerning the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus), the Case Western Reserve University Office of Undergraduate Admission is not scheduling on-campus tours and information sessions at this time. Many students rely on the university library, which is now closing, for crucial resources to complete their course work, and are essentially being asked to now complete that work without those resources. Using CWRU dorms to house outside law enforcement coming to Cleveland to help protect us and all visitors during the RNC was decided months ago. More Changes to campus operations during RNC. Consider the plight of very real summer school students at CWRU, with IDEA accommodations for learning difference, who receive extra time in which to take exams, prepared lecture notes and dispensation from the minimum credit loads for full-time students. The lack of a prior contingency plan for these classes and their current restructuring is simply negligent. She wrote that officials were planning to take additional steps to enhance campus safety during the convention. Twelve days later, on February 4, the newly confirmed cases in Wuhan reached their peak and declined from there. I am going to write the editors with some corrections to the article in order to account for this. It is interesting that the administration has decided to keep the campus community safe by bringing thousands of guns onto campus. What, the RNC was going to claim eminent domain and take the housing by force? , oddly enough, ignore the true cases of both Cape town and Ohio. 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