https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k freedom of speech and expression en-us 2017-10-04 10:57:55 UTC 2017-10-04 12:24:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193802083 My reaction to this article is neutral because college students are 18 and older which makes them adults, and as an adult you don't have someone always watching and protecting you. Babying college students is not setting them up for the real world. Although, if someone is being harassed they should be able to go to the staff and discuss the issue and have it fixed. As for the racist parties, nobody should try to mock another race, but I agree with the teacher when he says you can just not pay attention or not go to the parties, even if it's posted on social media....UNFOLLOW them and go on with your life. If these parties are doing this with all races then it really isn't that big of an issue as it's made to be. As for the video the students were not understanding of the professors side and continued to scream and not have a logical conversation, while the professor was calm and listened to both sides. These are Yale students, some of the smartest students in the world so they should be able to solve a simple problem of words.]]> 2017-10-04 11:58:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193802083 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193803022 Christakis is in the wrong for being a employee of the university and standing against administration for doing their job in taking attention to students concerns. Administration did their part, and Christakis decided to bring bad attention to the university and divide it.]]> 2017-10-04 12:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193803022 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193803226 My thoughts on this article is that she was in the wrong. I believe that administration should have certain boundaries when it comes to situations like this. I think that if she had an opinion she should have went to the dean privately, she should not have sent an email out to the students. The students should have been given guidance to help them confront this situation. If that didn't work then I believe they should have stepped in, meaning the dean. I do not think that her or her husband should have stepped in at all because they were stating an opinion, not a fact. Thedean  was stating facts there were being presented to him by the students. ]]> 2017-10-04 12:02:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193803226 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193803289 I am more in the middle about this topic because yes in some ways Christakis could've handled his words differently but at the same time I don't think the students really gave him a chance to explain his words and his actions, they automatically just took offense to what he said]]> 2017-10-04 12:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193803289 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193803738 Personally I believe both professor and student are in the wrong. I believe that Christakis is in the wrong because as an adult, as well as a professor, he must guide students onto the right path and help them in times of distress. But, the young student is also in the wrong because she should not have gotten so out of hand when having a civil conversation with a proffessor. She, along with everyone else, should have went over what the proffessor meant in the email, thoroughly. ]]> 2017-10-04 12:04:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193803738 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193803784 I believe that the faculty members at Yale was unfairlay used as a scapegoat by the students. They staff were trying to encourage students to step out of their comfort zone and learn how to deal with offenses through civil speech, which is essential to adult life including the work place. ]]> 2017-10-04 12:04:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193803784 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193803965 I am on both sides of this situation because I agree with the professor that the students are adults and should handle it themselves by doing some thing but at the same time he should know some people are more sensitive and can't handle things.]]> 2017-10-04 12:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193803965 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193804168 Racism shouldn't be tolerated anywhere or anytime period. ]]> 2017-10-04 12:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193804168 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193804170 I am leaning towards the Yale students' side because they truly don't feel comfortable in their college and the administration is doing little to solve their problem. I get that they can handle this problem on their own but how would communication solve this problem if it would just lead to further debate (as shown in the heated discussion with the master). I don't think it was right for the professors to step down because it shows that they had given up on resolving the issue and are incapable of apologizing for creating discontent among the Yalies. ]]> 2017-10-04 12:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193804170 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193804494 In my opinion, I feel that the professors should not of stepped into the situation and allowed the administration to handle the situation by sending out emails to the students. The student stepped in and confronted the professor because of the email sent out by his wife. ]]> 2017-10-04 12:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193804494 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193804498 I feel that it was right for the administration to send the email to all the students regarding the Halloween costumes because racism should not be tolerated anywhere. Erika Christakis should not have sent the email to all the students because at any university, students should be able to feel safe. I agree that they are older and should have the ability to deal with it by themselves. However, the initial email was just a precaution and Christakis shouldn't have sent the following one saying that it is completely the responsibility of the students.

]]> 2017-10-04 12:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193804498 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193804564 I understand where both side are coming from. I feel like the professor should have faced the situation in a more professional way. The students also were going against the professor and wanted him to resign because he did not agree with the opinion of the students. The whole situation was blown out of proportion. Students go to college to have freedom and grow. With the way the students acted out they obviously need more guidance.]]> 2017-10-04 12:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193804564 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193804733 I agree with both the students and the professor. The professors essentially shouldn't get involved with the social life between the students on campus. That should be the University's responsibility. Although, Erika Christakis shouldn't have sent out that email. She practically asked for it.r]]> 2017-10-04 12:07:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193804733 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193804767 I personally believe that the professors are correct. The students should not need a safe space, because there is no safe space in the real world. They need to solve their own problems and work out their differences with others.]]> 2017-10-04 12:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193804767 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193804888 I am on both sides because I feel that it is right for the professor to put himself in such a situation and get involved with the social life on campus and that all teachers and administrators should join into students problems to a certain point but the students need to feel comfortable in their college ]]> 2017-10-04 12:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193804888 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193804941 I think that colleges should have certain boundaries that are put in place in case something like this happens. I think this situation should have been handled differently. I'm in the middle of this situation. I can see where the professors and the students are both coming from]]> 2017-10-04 12:08:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193804941 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193804964 I believe that the professor was slightly insensitive about the topic and as a "master" he should be able to keep it maintained as a safe space and he isn't. I also feel like as students in college you should be able to handle problems on your own and not expect a professor to stand by you and watch over you when they are just there to teach.]]> 2017-10-04 12:08:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193804964 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193805076 I agree with the stance of the author of the article because I agree that college is not technically a home but it's a place to get an education. The teachers at an Ivy League school shouldn't need to treat their students like babies. A person above the age of 18 should not need to be told that wearing blackface is wrong, they should know that themselves, and that if they ever did do it that there could be harmful consequences regarding their action. I agree that wearing racist and disrespectful Halloween costumes is wrong but it shouldn't need to be addressed. And it especially should not have been blown out of proportion in the way that it did.]]> 2017-10-04 12:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193805076 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193805163 I am in the middle about this because the students shouldn't be so offended about his email since he is just trying to teach them how to solve problems on their own and become adults. If something truly offends them, they should either address the person directly or privately go to the "master"]]> 2017-10-04 12:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193805163 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193805236 I feel that rhe professors have a good point in where they are coming from. The students are going into the real world and they need to learn how to handle situations on their own. I see how the students feel that it's not a home but they need to see how the world after college is. I feel the students should not have reacted like they did. But I also feel that the professors could have went about the situation in a better way. I can see where both sides are right and wrong. ]]> 2017-10-04 12:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193805236 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193805314 I think that these professors should not take the positions if they do not have an answer to the students. I disagree that the Professor Nicholas won't offer to help them when asked. He shouldn't have said just "look away" because it will offend. If they are told to look away it's just a sign of disrespect towards their culture and religion. ]]> 2017-10-04 12:09:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193805314 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193805371 I understand both sides because the professor did not have to send out the email and the students did not have to act so harshly towards the professors. The students should have given the professors a chance to explain themselves.]]> 2017-10-04 12:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193805371 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193805412 I believe that the professors should not have jumped in and left the students time to cope with the email. Students at Yale are not going to magically change their decision and even if they were convinced they were wrong it will already be too far to come back from. If the professors gave the students time to digest it maybe they would understand what the email truly meant and came to a solution faster. ]]> 2017-10-04 12:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193805412 stevesigis https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193805522 I think that the professors were wrong to send that email out in the first place, because they probably knew they would upset some people. But, the students also misinterpreted the email because the professors were trying to say that they were mature enough to handle it by themselves, but they were clearly wrong]]> 2017-10-04 12:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193805522 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193805705 i can see both sides of this article I believe the students should learn to work a problem out among themselves. Also the professor doesn't have to join in should have let them work the problem out by themselves. ]]> 2017-10-04 12:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193805705 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193806034 I understand the students but I don't agree with how they reacted to the professors. The professors are putting too much responsibility on the students to take care of it themselves because that's how it will be in "the real world", when in reality if you were to wear a stereotypical costume to a job there would definitely be consequences. Although I don't agree with the professors they have every right to voice their opinions.

]]> 2017-10-04 12:11:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193806034 https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193810174 I am not on the professors or the student's side. I feel that the professors are in the wrong along with the Yale students. The professors should have let the students form an opinion about the first email sent and leave it there. I understand the professors have an opinion, but sometimes they need to let the students handle a situation without their assistance. Along with the professors handling the email incorrectly, the students are also in the wrong. Although the professors were trying to help the students, the students's reaction was immature yet understandable. I believe that the older the students are, the less the professors should step in.]]> 2017-10-04 12:24:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jrooney/208g0pumua6k/wish/193810174