Following the chaos that erupted earlier this year, Evergreen State College administrators have introduced a mandatory workshop on civil disagreement for students.
Likely in response to the student-led chaos that forced Evergreen Professor Bret Weinstein to hold classes off campus earlier this spirng, all incoming freshmen at Evergreen State College this fall will be required to attend a workshop on the art of civil disagreement.
“We value the rich diversity of our student body. Come hear a panel discuss the myriad of ways we challenge each other to ‘learn across significant differences,'” the Evergreen website reads.
Weinstein was forced off campus after he pushed back against the institution’s annual “Day of Absence” event. This year, a group of campus activists asked white staff and students to leave campus for the day as a means of highlighting the important role that minority community members play at Evergreen. Weinstein’s concerns about the event in an email led to a barrage of students interrupting one of his morning class sessions and demanding his resignation.
The chaos didn’t end there. Photos of Evergreen students roaming campus with baseball bats soon surfaced on social media, and the administration was forced to issue a statement asking students to put their weapons away. During the height of the tension, Evergreen President George Bridges disarmed campus law enforcement due to concerns that some of the protesters held about abuse of police powers.
At one point, the students held Evergreen administrators in a building on campus. Administrators were told that they had to be escorted to the bathroom by students and that they couldn’t leave the premises until their demands were met.
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