On Wednesday, the Claremont Independent, which <a href="https://claremontindependent.com/about-us/">is</a> an &#8220;independent journal of campus news and political thought serving the colleges of the Claremont Consortium&#8221; in Southern California, broke the news that Claremont&#8217;s Pitzer College will ban the Independent from attending a student council meeting wherein the council will decide whether or not to sever all ties with the College&#8217;s only study abroad program in Israel.
Per the <a href="https://claremontindependent.com/pitzer-ban-student-publication-israel-vote/">Claremont Independent</a>:
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Pitzer College informed the Claremont Independent today that tomorrow it would no longer be allowed to attend a Pitzer College Council &#8212; a governing body composed of faculty and students that usually decides college policy &#8212; vote on whether to suspend Pitzer&#8217;s only study abroad program in Israel with the University of Haifa as student media. Despite being a registered student club at the Claremont Colleges Consortium, which Pitzer is a member institution of, and the first publication to break the news on the Pitzer faculty voting in favor of suspending its study abroad in Israel in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, Pitzer College&#8217;s Office of Communications told the Independent that only the student government-funded media outlet The Student Life would be able to cover the vote as student media. The vote will take place on the afternoon of March 14.
When an editor from the Independent called Pitzer&#8217;s Office of Communications to enquire about the details about the vote and whether student media can attend, Pitzer&#8217;s initial response was affirmative. However, when the Independent sent Pitzer&#8217;s Office of Communications a list of staffers who will be in attendance, Pitzer spokesman Mark Bailey wrote that the initial response was a mistake, and that attendance would be limited to &#8220;students, faculty, staff and student members of The Student Life staff.&#8221;
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The Independent refers to The Student Life as &#8220;a left-leaning publication.&#8221;
Elliott Hamilton, a former Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/authors/elliott-hamilton">writer</a> and Pitzer College alumnus, has previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/15591/anti-semitic-pitzer-college-student-senate-passes-elliott-hamilton">reported</a> on the Pitzer College student senate&#8217;s passing of a BDS resolution. As Hamilton noted for The Daily Wire at the time, the student senate passed the BDS resolution during Easter and Passover observance.
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While 17 student senators were absent either observing Passover or Easter, the Pitzer College student senate passed an anti-Semitic resolution preventing the Student Activities Fund from purchasing Israeli products. This resolution was passed with 22 yes votes, 4 abstentions, and zero votes in opposition. &#8230;
According to The Claremont Independent, Pitzer&#8217;s senate moved forward with this resolution a week after Claremont Students for Justice in Palestine Jewish Persecution hosted its annual &#8220;Israeli Apartheid Week&#8221; and when there would be considerably less opposition to the blatantly anti-Semitic language specifically calling out Israel for supposed human rights violations. The resolution did not address countries like Lebanon and Jordan, which impose devastating apartheid laws on Palestinian-Arab refugees in their respective countries.
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Reached today for comment by The Daily Wire, Hamilton said:
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None of this surprises me. The Pitzer faculty and administration have long been indifferent toward the concerns of its Jewish student body and they don&#8217;t want to be held accountable for their internalized bigotry. Their concerted effort to keep journalists from reporting objectively on this vote says everything you need to know about their lack of moral character.
This administration seems to have failed to apply Pitzer&#8217;s supposed dedication to liberal arts with regard to Israel in favor of indoctrinating its student body with neo-Marxist revisionism.
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Claremont’s Pitzer College Bans Conservative Journalists From Covering Anti-Israel Student Council Meeting

Israel

Pitzer College

When asked to identify the most common allegory of redemption, people often refer to the phoenix. According to Greek mythology, a phoenix combusts into flames and turns into ashes when its time has come to die. However, a newborn phoenix rises from the ashes of its predecessor and takes its mantle. This motif repeats itself in many modern cultures that analogize the rebirth of nation-states and empires, redemption of those from the clutches of darkness, and the renewal of values that may have been lost for a time but get reaffirmed by an awakening of the masses.
For the Jewish people, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/11815/real-story-chanukah-and-what-it-should-mean-jewish-elliott-hamilton">story</a> of Chanukah promulgates this theme in a manner that still remains evident over 2,000 years after the Maccabean Revolt. When the Seleucid Empire began to severely oppress the practice of Second Temple Judaism, the Jewish people in Judea found themselves at a critical turning point where a decision had to be made: Either the Jews of Judea would succumb to Hellenization and reject the teachings of G-d set forth to them at Mount Sinai upon receipt of the Torah or the Jews of Judea would have to revolt against the Seleucid Empire, liberate their land from Greek influence, and reconstitute the Jewish Kingdom that had been conquered and destroyed by the Babylonians centuries prior. There were no alternatives to either fate.
The Jewish people were divided at that time. Some had embraced the Hellenizer occupants of Judea and their ideologies, believing that they were more cosmopolitan, &#8220;sophisticated,&#8221; and universalist than the heavily rule-driven beliefs of Second Temple Judaism. The others remained committed to traditional Jewish values despite being subjected to draconian laws by King Antiochus IV that barred Jews from engaging in Jewish customs, including keeping Shabbos and studying the Torah. They were immensely oppressed by the Seleucid Empire, often forced to flee into caves and other hiding spots in order to continue practicing Judaism under the noses of their oppressors.
Before the Revolt, a cold civil war existed between both camps of Judean Jews where Hellenizer charlatans sparred with traditionalists on how to govern in Jerusalem. Once the latter began to revolt against the Seleucid Empire, the Hellenized Jews took up arms against their traditionalist brothers in an attempt to complete the process of Hellenization in the historic homeland of the Jewish people. For a moment in time, it seemed inevitable that the Jewish people and their traditional customs would combust in flames and never be resurrected. Fortunately, the traditionalist Jews led by Judah the Maccabee prevailed against the Seleucid Empire and their treasonous brethren, liberating Judea and constituting the Hasmonean Dynasty. The enemies of both the Jewish people and Jewish values crumbled as the eternal light of the Jewish people illuminated Jerusalem and reaffirmed their commitment to G-d and the values that He embedded in us.
Given the symbolism of Chanukah as one of Jewish redemption from the clutches of an anti-Semitic empire and their Jewish enablers, it comes as no surprise that enemies of the Jewish people often find themselves on the receiving end of poetic justice during this time of year. Take Marc Lamont Hill, the former CNN contributor and Temple University professor, who went to the United Useless Nations Headquarters and called for a free &#8220;Palestine&#8221; from the river to the sea. Hill is <a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2017/05/17/yes-marc-lamont-hill-is-an-antisemite/">no stranger to controversy</a> within the Jewish community and has made his anti-Zionist views adamantly clear to the rest of the world for years. His association with Louis Farrakhan is the tip of the iceberg compared to his belief that Israel&#8217;s use of the Iron Dome, the anti-missile defense system used to intercept Hamas rockets from landing in high population areas, was unfair since it took away Hamas&#8217;s military edge. This, as if the openly genocidal terrorist group ought to have the opportunity to shoot rockets into Israeli population centers. Despite the fact that former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke <a href="https://twitter.com/DrDavidDuke/status/1068647480320057345">emphatically agrees</a> with Marc Lamont Hill&#8217;s viewpoint on this subject, Hill never received the same degree of condemnation and scorn that Duke rightfully deserves for his own anti-Semitism.
However, his call for &#8220;Palestine&#8221; to be &#8220;free&#8221; from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea turned out to be the straw that broke the camel&#8217;s back. There was a reason that American Jews, including the liberal Jewish establishment, viscerally condemned Hill&#8217;s comments. &#8220;From the river to the sea&#8221; has been a staple in Palestinian-Arab terrorist propaganda since the &#8220;Palestine&#8221; Liberation Organization was founded in 1964. Jewish college students have heard this chant from pro-Hamas groups like Students of Justice in Palestine Jewish Persecution for over a decade. There is nothing to sugarcoat about its meaning and its intent. History provides the evidence of these facts.
Not long after international treaties <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/11948/breaking-down-israeli-occupation-myth-elliott-hamilton">codified</a> that a Jewish homeland would be constituted in Judea [known at that time as the Mandate of Palestine], <a href="https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/hajj-amin-al-husayni-wartime-propagandist">Nazi war criminal</a> Hajj Amin al-Husseini spent decades seeking to undermine those international treaties, inciting genocidal violence against the Jews in the region, and aligned himself with Adolf Hitler to eradicate the Jewish people in the world. Just to provide an example of the Palestinian-Arab national movement&#8217;s historical hatred toward the Jews, al-Husseini <a href="http://www.thetower.org/article/how-the-mufti-of-jerusalem-created-the-permanent-problem-of-palestinian-violence/">wrote</a> the following to Nazi Germany&#8217;s Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop in 1943:
<blockquote>
But the Arabs see this Jewish immigration to their lands as a threat to their existential interests, something that causes me to turn your Excellency&#8217;s attention to this question and the damage it will cause to the Arabs. The friendly Arab people stood up without hesitation &#8230; in support of the Axis in this defensive war against communism and the Anglo-Saxons, and it expects its friends, the Axis powers &#8230; [to provide] the solution to the problem of world Jewry by means that will place the Jews under intense supervision and thus prevent the damage and danger expected from them.
</blockquote>
Al-Husseini&#8217;s genocidal intentions did not die with him, but rather remained part of PLO leader Yassar Arafat&#8217;s <a href="https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2004/11/11/the-father-of-modern-terrorism-the-true-legacy-of-yasser-arafat/">ultimate goal</a>. Thus, there is no honest, historically-based debate on the meaning of &#8220;from the River to the Sea&#8221;; it deliberately calls for the destruction of the Jewish state and for returning Islamic control to the land. For Marc Lamont Hill to suggest that it has anything to do with Israel returning to the indefensible 1949 Armistice Lines is to demonstrate that he is either a horrendous liar or an exceptional propagandist continuing the legacy of Nazi war criminals and their apologists. While CNN refused to articulate this point or condemn his anti-Semitism, Marc Lamont Hill lost his contract with the cable news network following his despicable comments at the Useless Nations Headquarters. To the Jewish people, this was vindication that those who openly call for our genocide will continue to receive the scorn they rightfully deserve. Much still needs to be done, but this is a good first step.
What is the lesson to be learned from this? The modern-day anti-Semites and their <a href="https://twitter.com/PeterBeinart/status/1068245289994194945">Jewish</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JewishVoiceforPeace/videos/2237893946498041/">enablers</a> are the next generation of soon-to-be losers of a war against the Jews. As the story of Chanukah rightfully teaches us, there are G-dly forces at play that ensure that the Jewish people rise from the ashes of horrific oppression to reassert their covenant to G-d. What Antiochus IV refused to take into account was the willingness of the Maccabees to fight back against them and reclaim their Temple, Jerusalem, and their indigenous homeland. Like the Babylonians and the Philistines before them, the Seleucid Empire succumbed after attempting to oppress the Jewish people. Since the Maccabean Revolt, the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, the Roman Empire, the Umayyads, the Byzantine Empire, and other known tyrannical regimes that oppressed the Jews no longer exist. Nevertheless, the Jews have persisted and we will continue to remain regardless of how many times our enemies seek to wreak havoc on our lives. That is what the Jewish people celebrate during Chanukah and that should serve as a warning toward every Jew-hating psychopath in the world.
Chanukah Sameach to the Jewish people and may G-d bless and protect you all!

HAMILTON: Chanukah 2018: When Enemies of the Jewish People Paid The Price

Judaism

Marc Lamont Hill

Zionism

On November 8, the Pitzer College faculty voted to suspend its study abroad program with the University of Haifa in Israel. As <a href="https://claremontindependent.com/pitzer-faculty-votes-end-israel-study-abroad/">The Claremont Independent</a> reported, the motion called for the &#8220;suspension of the College&#8217;s exchange with Haifa University, until (a) the Israeli state ends its restrictions on entry to Israel based on ancestry and/or political speech and (b) the Israeli state adopts policies granting visas for exchanges to Palestinian universities on a fully equal basis as it does to Israeli universities.&#8221;
In addition, the faculty also attacked Israel by dissenting from the college president and trustees, who had nullified a Student Senate resolution that was similar to demands from the BDS movement, calling for a boycott of Israel until it withdraws from Judea and Samaria , pulls down the security wall that protects it against Palestinian terrorists, and promotes the suicidal (for Israel) &#8220;right to return&#8221; of Palestinians. The student vote was taken during Passover, when Jews were unavailable to vote.
The faculty stated, &#8220;[i]ndependent of agreeing or disagreeing with that resolution, we the Faculty object to the president and trustees singling out this one issue as a basis for not accepting the Senate&#8217;s longstanding autonomy in controlling its funds, in the context of Pitzer&#8217;s governance system.&#8221;
The Claremont Students for Justice in Palestine (Claremont SJP) expressed &#8220;great joy&#8221; at the actions of the faculty, adding, &#8220;it is imperative that the colleges withdraw this program from their study abroad curriculums.&#8221;
Claremont SJP stated, &#8220;[o]n November 8th, the faculty of the college decided to listen to student voices &#8211; to support the call for justice, respect and dignified life through Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions movement&#8230;The faculty motions are two important and crucial milestones in the path towards justice for Palestinians, and we hope that the Claremont student populace supports them with the utmost enthusiasm.&#8221;
As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/15591/anti-semitic-pitzer-college-student-senate-passes-elliott-hamilton">reported</a> in April 2017:
While 17 student senators were absent either observing Passover or Easter, the Pitzer College student senate <a href="http://claremontindependent.com/taking-advantage-of-holiday-absences-pitzer-senate-boycotts-israeli-products/">passed</a> an anti-Semitic resolution preventing the Student Activities Fund from purchasing Israeli products. This resolution was passed with 22 yes votes, 4 abstentions, and zero votes in opposition. Article III of the Pitzer College Budgetary Committee By-laws were amended to include the following clause:
<blockquote>
Student Activities Funds shall not be used to make a payment on goods or services from any corporation or organization associated with the unethical occupation of Palestinian territories. Products include those products from corporations and organizations as delineated in the boycott list maintained by bdsmovement.net/get-involved/what-toboycott
</blockquote>
According to The Claremont Independent, Pitzer&#8217;s senate moved forward with this resolution a week after Claremont Students for Justice in Palestine hosted its annual &#8220;Israeli Apartheid Week&#8221; and when there would be considerably less opposition to the blatantly anti-Semitic language specifically calling out Israel for supposed human rights violations. The resolution did not address countries like <a href="https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3770/lebanon-apartheid-laws">Lebanon</a> and <a href="http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2010/04/27/jordan_the_hashemite_kingdom_of_apartheid_98937.html">Jordan</a>, which impose devastating apartheid laws on Palestinian-Arab refugees in their respective countries.
Pitzer College, Pomona College, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont McKenna College, and Scripps College comprise the Claremont Colleges Consortium.

Pitzer College Faculty Goes Full Anti-Israel, Votes Against Israel Study Program

Anti-Semitism

When I wrote my <a href="http://tsl.news/opinions/3557/">first opinion piece</a> as a junior at Pitzer College, I attempted to address a noticeable double-standard within the Claremont Colleges. The campus climate came across as being very liberal and tolerant, but there was not much to be desired about various divergent viewpoints, including those regarding the Arab-Israel conflict. This issue puzzled me immensely. &#8220;How can my fellow liberals be so opposed to hearing alternative points of view?&#8221; This led me to writing the following lines that were included in my first article:
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If, as a community, we cannot take ownership of our collective humanity and start having dialogue with those whose opinions contradict ours, then we will not learn anything and will become the very agents of injustice that Claremont students love to fight against. This does not only go for discussions about Israel, but for discussions about everything.
</blockquote>
At the time, I believed that writing those lines would open the door to fruitful conversations with others. That isn&#8217;t what happened. Within minutes of publication, some of my peers would compare me to the KKK, which tore me at the core. &#8220;How can supposedly tolerant people be so quick to call others racist for disagreeing with them?&#8221; Back then, I could not reconcile what I witnessed at the Claremont Colleges with the liberal ideas of free speech, free exercise of religion, and the right to defend yourself from imminent harm that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/18253/remembering-fifty-six-bravest-men-history-elliott-hamilton">my own ancestors</a> sought to ensure, protect, and defend during the American Revolution.
Over the past few months, I have thought about how I turned from being a classically liberal Democrat into a libertarian-leaning conservative. However, each time I think about it, I just recall the very day I realized the unfortunate truth that progressives, whom many of my friends and colleagues call the &#8220;regressive left,&#8221; hijacked the party that, according to my parents&#8217; beliefs, represented liberty, tolerance, justice, and freedom.
That day was June 30, 2014. At the time, I was interning for the Zionist Organization of America. A few weeks prior, the genocidal Islamist terrorist group Hamas kidnapped three Jewish teenagers in Judea and Samaria who sought to hitchhike from one part of the territory to another. They were slaughtered and buried close to Hebron and their bodies were found the aforementioned day. In a moment of uncontrollable fury, I wrote an <a href="http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/an-open-letter-to-president-obama-2/">open letter</a> to President Obama in my blog for The Times of Israel, lashing out at him for failing to act upon his promise to the Jewish community to stand by them and the State of Israel in the face of genocidal threats. Part of my reaction came from the fact that one of these teenagers, Naftali Fraenkel, was an American-born Jew. His family moved to Israel hoping to live as self-determined Jews in our indigenous homeland, but Obama could not be bothered to do or say anything to hold Hamas accountable for kidnapping and subsequently killing him.
To me, that translated as a failure to uphold basic values of liberty, tolerance, freedom, and justice, and for what? The promise of &#8220;peace&#8221; with those who sought to destroy the Jewish state? Then, I asked myself the next unfortunate question: What if I were killed by Hamas instead of Naftali? Would Obama and the Democrats have cared? As the summer progressed and Israel engaged in another war with Hamas, Obama, the mainstream media, and much of the Democratic Party answered my question. When they drew moral equivalencies between Jews who sought to defend themselves and genocidal terrorists who not only wish to kill Israeli Jews but also American Jews, I realized that I didn&#8217;t belong in the Democratic Party. I changed my voter registration not long afterward and I never turned back.
During this period of political confusion, I had long conversations with people who identified as conservative and I talked to them about a handful of important topics ranging from foreign policy, the economy, immigration, and abortion. Some of these individuals became some of my most cherished friends to this day: Daniel Mael, Josh Hammer, Zachary Silver, and Alexandra Rosenberg, just to name a few. The more I talked to them, the more I realized that I truly wasn&#8217;t alone by refusing to identify as either a liberal or a progressive. They had been there and done that. Furthermore, they helped me weather through the storm during my senior year at Pitzer, where I often found myself secluded in a consortium filled with progressives and only a handful of people willing to stand by me. Without my Alpha Epsilon Pi chapter, my sister, and these groups of friends, I know that I would have lost my mind.
Despite my belief that I was conservative, I still felt that I needed to learn more information about conservatism, libertarianism, and classical liberalism so that I could properly articulate their views and defend them in a public forum. I sought information from various people over the past four years, including but not limited to: Ben Shapiro, Frank Luntz, Caroline Glick, Dave Rubin, Brooke Goldstein, Charles Jacobs, Josh Blackman, Ilya Shapiro, John Malcolm, and Max Abrahms. &#8203;The craziest thing that I learned in pursuit of gathering ideas and information was how willing people were to teach others about the ideas that mattered to them and how they were willing to address disagreements in a fruitful way. At the same time, they knew where to draw the lines with those who neither cared about engaging in dialogue nor were they interested in making forums easily accessible to their ideological opponents than those who kept repeating their narrative. While others sought to widen the Overton window, others felt compelled to close it. Those who wanted to keep it open, I realized, were truly the liberal, tolerant individuals that I had been taught throughout my life to stand by and defend.
One of the ways I started airing out my grievances at the hypocrisy of the regressive Left was to write articles in student newspapers. First, I started out in The Student Life before I became a staff writer for The Claremont Independent. Though I had already established myself as a widely-read blogger for The Times of Israel, I decided to expand my platform by starting a blog with The Huffington Post. During the 2016 election season, I determined that I wanted to work toward pushing back against the same deceptive mainstream media that I challenged in the summer of 2014. I subsequently joined The Daily Wire in September. I do not regret my decision to put myself out there in the public arena even though my ideas are unpopular among my generation and they do not conform with the narratives that I grew up listening to for the overwhelming majority of my life.
However, I have come to the conclusion that I have said enough and I have given the movement all that I could possibly give. For that reason, I am putting down the pen and I am moving on from the political commentary realm. It was not an easy decision, but there are times where one has to walk off into the sunset and let the next generation of young conservatives continue the fight.
As I look back on the past four-and-a-half years of being directly involved in the political commentary arena, I have thought about lessons that I wish that I would have learned early on and what I would tell those who are currently on campus and in the real world trying to make their voices heard. I recognize that some colleges, including my own alma mater, have gotten significantly worse since I graduated three years ago and that many young conservatives and libertarians feel frustrated about their campus climate. Thus, I want to provide the following pieces of advice to young right-leaning students and recent graduates:
1. This is not the end of the world.
College is normally only four years of your life. You have plenty of life ahead of you to meet people who share your views. Just because you may feel under siege by a left-leaning student body and administration does not mean that the future is entirely doomed and that the world you live in is crumbling under your feet. The real world may have certain challenges when it comes to those who disagree with your politics, but it is mostly filled with reasonable people who can have reasonable conversations and who act reasonably around you. Just keep your head up and keep soldiering on.
2. Not every single individual who disagrees with you should be treated as an enemy.
Some of my best friends do not agree with me on most things in this world. In fact, some of the better friends I made in college believe the categorical opposite of what I stand for. Just because someone disagrees with you does not mean that they don&#8217;t care about you as an individual or that they don&#8217;t care about issues that you&#8217;re passionate about. It may be easy to view your ideological opponents as enemies, but you do not have to stoop to the level of radical leftist punks. If you wish to come across as reasonable, then be reasonable. Treat every single person as an individual with their own views and their own life story. Most people just want to be understood at a personal level and demonstrating your commitment to the individual as opposed to the collective will distinguish you from some of your radical peers.
The one distinction that I will make is that those who openly seek to align with individuals who wish to destroy your livelihood and your rights do not deserve your sympathy or time. In matters of life or death, such as siding with genocidal terrorist organizations who directly threaten those you love and cherish, you have no obligation to give them the due respect that they will not give to you. I strongly suggest applying this subset of people very narrowly. Most individuals may be confused or lack the proper understanding, but the select few who are adamantly opposed to allowing you the luxury of living a free and fruitful life should not be given any quarter.
3. If you&#8217;re going to write an article, then take good words and put them in careful order.
My third-grade teacher gave me these words of advice and I have tried to live by them to the best of my abilities. However, I am an imperfect individual and I have made mistakes in my attempts to make specific points. When it comes to one&#8217;s writing, that stays with you forever. If you feel compelled to write an article, then you should triple-check that everything you say in your piece is precisely how you want it published. At least one person will misunderstand what you&#8217;re saying, but you do not want to leave any part of your writing vague enough to open the door to an argument. Be clear and concise in your writing. If someone misreads what you are saying and takes your words out of context, then hammer them.
4. Prioritize your academics over your activism. Seriously.
I cannot say this enough. Advocacy work, especially on issues that you&#8217;re deeply passionate about, is time-consuming. You likely gain more utility out of doing advocacy work than doing research for your political science paper or your linear algebra problem set. However, you need to put your schoolwork first and foremost, especially if you wish to get competitive jobs and get accepted into competitive graduate programs. Even if you&#8217;re dedicating some time to doing well in school, the conservative movement has plenty of individuals defending the cause for liberty in your absence. When you finish your work, then do what you love to do.
5. Avoid the sensationalist traps. Always rely on principles.
There is a lot of sensationalism within the conservative movement. Some people make it sound easy to throw cheap, simplistic slogans in order to illustrate a larger point, but that does not help our movement in the long run. &#8220;Owning libs,&#8221; as the social media crowd would like to call it, will not always win over people on the fence. What does win over people is a substantive and respectful presentation of our ideas in contrast to those of the other side. We do not need to follow the tactics of the Left to prove our point; we can simply talk about ideas as they are and explain to our peers why we feel strongly about limited government, free speech, gun rights, and other important values. The most fruitful conversations I&#8217;ve ever had are with those who may not agree with me on most things, but they will leave a conversation with me and understand precisely where I am coming from. Classical liberalism requires the notion that unless proven otherwise, individuals have good intentions. If you apply this standard to our friends on the Right, then do the same with our friends on the Left. Knowing the difference between good intentions and bad intentions goes a long way in showing others that you are both serious and committed to the promise of dialogue.
6. Reach out to the experts personally and ask them questions.
During your college orientations, I would assume there was an expectation that if you had any questions about a particular subject matter, then you could go to your professors&#8217; office hours and ask them a series of questions. The same applies to non-professoriate experts. If you&#8217;ve read The Laws of Plato, Cicero&#8217;s The Republic, or any of the classics, then you know that western civilization was predicated upon the notion of challenging your peers and asking as many questions as possible to understand where individuals stood on particular issues. If you are confused about what a reputable source wrote or said, then reach out to them and ask as many questions as you can. You do not learn through any other means. It is easy to read something, interpret it however you please, and then express moral outrage about it. It is a sign of maturity to ask genuine questions and determine where people truly stand on the issues. This is an important lesson that will carry you throughout your life and it will be highly beneficial when you enter the real world.
I&#8203;f you heed these six lessons, then you will find yourself well ahead of the curve as you enter the political realm. We need good people to carry the banner of conservatism and libertarianism and I sincerely hope that others do a far better job than I did. I will miss this world, but I know that we are in much better hands now than we were nearly five years ago. More importantly, I know that we have a chance to turn the tide on the culture war and make libertarianism more popular than the authoritarianism of either the Left or the Right. It just requires good people to make that possible.
To my Daily Wire family, I want to thank you so much for welcoming me into your fold and giving me the opportunity of a lifetime. Thank you, Ben Shapiro, for being such an invaluable mentor to me ever since I was a senior at Pitzer and for giving me the chance to shine light unto a world of darkness. To all of my friends and family who have stood by me during this time, I love you all and I look forward to continuing our conversations elsewhere.
May G-d bless and protect you all and may G-d bless and protect the United States of America.

HAMILTON: 6 Lessons For A Young Conservative

Conservatism

Sandra Vasquez, Pitzer College&#8217;s <a href="https://www.pitzer.edu/communications/2017/05/10/pitzer-college-appoints-sandra-vasquez-new-dean-students/">new Dean of Students</a>, was cited in a court order for concealing evidence in a Title IX investigation during her tenure at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Vasquez, who holds a doctorate in education, was one of several UCSB officials cited for concealing two key pieces of evidencefrom a student who was under investigation for allegedly hitting his ex-girlfriend. The evidence turned out to be completely fabricated, but not before the accused student was punished with a suspension.
The Claremont Independent <a href="http://claremontindependent.com/pitzer-dean-concealed-evidence/">reports</a> more:
<blockquote>
According to the complaint, to which the Independent has obtained access, during a September 2016 hearing with the student, Vasquez concealed two pieces of material evidence that she and the college were considering in the course of their investigation, despite assuring the student that she had disclosed to him all of the information upon which she and the college would rely in determining whether to lift his suspension.
In relying upon this unmentioned evidence&#8212;which, upon revelation, proved to be uncorroborated and allegedly completely fabricated&#8212;to sustain the student&#8217;s suspension, Vasquez and other college officials willfully denied the student the opportunity to respond to all the evidence against him.
In fact, the student would not learn about all of this purported evidence until March 2017&#8212;months after Vasquez and the college had decided to maintain his suspension indefinitely.
</blockquote>
On March 21, Judge Thomas Anderle of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, <a href="http://claremontindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Revised-Order-J.-Anderle-3-21-17.pdf">enjoined</a> various UCSB officials. In his ruling, he chastised Vasquez and her colleagues for violating the student&#8217;s due process rights and ordered the university to lift the suspension against him.
Judge Anderle said the following:
<blockquote>
Moreover, this Court disagrees with UCSB&#8217;s claim that the University&#8217;s use of the detective&#8217;s summaries in issuing the interim suspension does not violate his due process rights. First of all, the arugment that due process does not require production of all evidence at the interim suspension stage is irreconcilable with the nature and seriousness of the entire process at hand. The claim the Petitioner was provided the opportunity to review the documents in un-redacted form upon confirmation of the finality of the criminal proceedings, but Petitioner never provided such confirmation to the University is irrelevant at this juncture. Indeed, the suggestion is unreasonable in its context. John Doe is entitled to know all the information against him at the hearing; not via emailing his counsel allegedly critical and decisive information at a later time. The fact is, that it is patently obvious to this Court, Petitioner was seriously prejudiced by the use of these summaries.
Similarly, this Court does not find the offer to let the Court review documents in camera persuasive. The Court does not embrace the idea that documents slid under Chambers door is ever useful. The backbone of our legal system requires all evidence to be presented in the Courtroom where it can be tested; it can be questioned; evidence acquired otherwise is an abrogation of our legal system. The bottom line is, use it or lost it.
This Court concludes that the University is intentionally doing indirectly what it is unwilling to do directly. The University has made a decision to deny John Doe the opportunity to enroll in the any of the first three quearters of his freshman year. But instead of making that decision based upon facts, the law, and in fairness, it has decided to do it their own way.
</blockquote>
After The Claremont Independent broke this story, Vice President of Student Affairs Brian Carlisle <a href="http://claremontindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Pitzer-VPs-Response-to-Vasquez-Article.pdf">sent</a> an email to the Pitzer student community defending Vasquez. He referred to the reporting as &#8220;reckless and inaccurate&#8221; even though their reporting was based on the publicly available court order.
<blockquote>
Dear&#8203; &#8203;Pitzer&#8203; &#8203;Community,
Recently,&#8203; &#8203;you&#8203; &#8203;may&#8203; &#8203;have&#8203; &#8203;noticed&#8203; &#8203;an&#8203; &#8203;article&#8203; &#8203;published&#8203; &#8203;in&#8203; &#8203;the&#8203; &#8203;Claremont&#8203; &#8203;Independent&#8203;,&#8203; &#8203;alleging&#8203; &#8203;that Pitzer&#8217;s&#8203; &#8203;new&#8203; &#8203;Dean&#8203; &#8203;of&#8203; &#8203;Students,&#8203; &#8203;Dr.&#8203; &#8203;Sandra&#8203; &#8203;Vasquez,&#8203; &#8203;concealed&#8203; &#8203;evidence&#8203; &#8203;as&#8203; &#8203;part&#8203; &#8203;of&#8203; &#8203;a&#8203; &#8203;Title&#8203; &#8203;IX investigation&#8203; &#8203;while&#8203; &#8203;she&#8203; &#8203;was&#8203; &#8203;employed&#8203; &#8203;at&#8203; &#8203;the&#8203; &#8203;University&#8203; &#8203;of&#8203; &#8203;California,&#8203; &#8203;Santa&#8203; &#8203;Barbara.&#8203; &#8203;The&#8203; &#8203;article attempts&#8203; &#8203;to&#8203; &#8203;paint&#8203; &#8203;Dr.&#8203; &#8203;Vasquez&#8203; &#8203;as&#8203; &#8203;an&#8203; &#8203;untrustworthy&#8203; &#8203;leader,&#8203; &#8203;bent&#8203; &#8203;on&#8203; &#8203;undermining&#8203; &#8203;students&#8217;&#8203; &#8203;rights. During&#8203; &#8203;the&#8203; &#8203;College&#8217;s&#8203; &#8203;national&#8203; &#8203;search&#8203; &#8203;for&#8203; &#8203;a&#8203; &#8203;new&#8203; &#8203;Dean&#8203; &#8203;of&#8203; &#8203;Students,&#8203; &#8203;the&#8203; &#8203;College&#8203; &#8203;engaged&#8203; &#8203;in&#8203; &#8203;a thorough&#8203; &#8203;vetting&#8203; &#8203;process&#8203; &#8203;of&#8203; &#8203;Dr.&#8203; &#8203;Vasquez.&#8203; &#8203;After&#8203; &#8203;an&#8203; &#8203;internal&#8203; &#8203;review&#8203; &#8203;of&#8203; &#8203;this&#8203; &#8203;issue,&#8203; &#8203;the&#8203; &#8203;College believes&#8203; &#8203;that&#8203; &#8203;the&#8203; &#8203;Claremont&#8203; &#8203;Independent&#8203;,&#8203; &#8203;misinterpreted&#8203; &#8203;and&#8203; &#8203;misrepresented&#8203; &#8203;the&#8203; &#8203;facts&#8203; &#8203;in&#8203; &#8203;its August&#8203; &#8203;28,&#8203; &#8203;2017&#8203; &#8203;article.
Below&#8203; &#8203;is&#8203; &#8203;a&#8203; &#8203;statement&#8203; &#8203;from&#8203; &#8203;Dr.&#8203; &#8203;Vasquez&#8203; &#8203;regarding&#8203; &#8203;the&#8203; &#8203;August&#8203; &#8203;28,&#8203; &#8203;2017&#8203; Claremont&#8203; &#8203;Independent article:
&#8220;During&#8203; &#8203;my&#8203; &#8203;tenure&#8203; &#8203;at&#8203; &#8203;UC&#8203; &#8203;Santa&#8203; &#8203;Barbara,&#8203; &#8203;I&#8203; &#8203;performed&#8203; &#8203;my&#8203; &#8203;duties&#8203; &#8203;as&#8203; &#8203;the&#8203; &#8203;Director&#8203; &#8203;of Judicial&#8203; &#8203;Affairs&#8203; &#8203;in&#8203; &#8203;compliance&#8203; &#8203;with&#8203; &#8203;federal&#8203; &#8203;and&#8203; &#8203;state&#8203; &#8203;law,&#8203; &#8203;and&#8203; &#8203;university&#8203; &#8203;policy.&#8203; &#8203;I&#8203; &#8203;also performed&#8203; &#8203;my&#8203; &#8203;duties&#8203; &#8203;with&#8203; &#8203;integrity&#8203; &#8203;and&#8203; &#8203;the&#8203; &#8203;utmost&#8203; &#8203;respect&#8203; &#8203;for&#8203; &#8203;fairness&#8203; &#8203;and&#8203; &#8203;process. The&#8203; &#8203;article&#8203; &#8203;in&#8203; &#8203;the&#8203; &#8203;Claremont&#8203; &#8203;Independent&#8203; &#8203;does&#8203; &#8203;not&#8203; &#8203;accurately&#8203; &#8203;describe&#8203; &#8203;the&#8203; &#8203;case&#8203; &#8203;at&#8203; &#8203;UCSB, nor&#8203; &#8203;does&#8203; &#8203;it&#8203; &#8203;accurately&#8203; &#8203;describe&#8203; &#8203;my&#8203; &#8203;involvement.&#8203; &#8203;Suffice&#8203; &#8203;it&#8203; &#8203;to&#8203; &#8203;say&#8203; &#8203;that&#8203; &#8203;I&#8203; &#8203;have&#8203; &#8203;never concealed&#8203; &#8203;material&#8203; &#8203;evidence&#8203; &#8203;in&#8203; &#8203;any&#8203; &#8203;case,&#8203; &#8203;nor&#8203; &#8203;would&#8203; &#8203;I&#8203; &#8203;do&#8203; &#8203;anything&#8203; &#8203;that&#8203; &#8203;flies&#8203; &#8203;in&#8203; &#8203;the&#8203; &#8203;face of&#8203; &#8203;the&#8203; &#8203;professional&#8203; &#8203;and&#8203; &#8203;personal&#8203; &#8203;ethics&#8203; &#8203;that&#8203; &#8203;define&#8203; &#8203;me. I&#8203; &#8203;have&#8203; &#8203;dedicated&#8203; &#8203;my&#8203; &#8203;career&#8203; &#8203;to&#8203; &#8203;advancing&#8203; &#8203;the&#8203; &#8203;access,&#8203; &#8203;retention&#8203; &#8203;and&#8203; &#8203;success&#8203; &#8203;of&#8203; &#8203;all students.&#8203; &#8203;I&#8203; &#8203;have&#8203; &#8203;advocated&#8203; &#8203;and&#8203; &#8203;worked&#8203; &#8203;diligently&#8203; &#8203;to&#8203; &#8203;develop&#8203; &#8203;student&#8203; &#8203;conduct&#8203; &#8203;policies and&#8203; &#8203;procedures&#8203; &#8203;that&#8203; &#8203;ensure&#8203; &#8203;fair&#8203; &#8203;and&#8203; &#8203;equitable&#8203; &#8203;processes&#8203; &#8203;for&#8203; &#8203;all&#8203; &#8203;parties&#8203; &#8203;involved,&#8203; &#8203;and&#8203; &#8203;I look&#8203; &#8203;forward&#8203; &#8203;to&#8203; &#8203;continuing&#8203; &#8203;this&#8203; &#8203;important&#8203; &#8203;work&#8203; &#8203;at&#8203; &#8203;Pitzer&#8203; &#8203;College.&#8221;&#8203; &#8203;&#8211;&#8203; &#8203;Dr.&#8203; &#8203;Sandra Vasquez
We&#8203; &#8203;are&#8203; &#8203;disappointed&#8203; &#8203;by&#8203; &#8203;Claremont&#8203; &#8203;Independent&#8217;s&#8203; &#8203;reckless&#8203; &#8203;and&#8203; &#8203;inaccurate&#8203; &#8203;reporting&#8203; &#8203;without contemplating&#8203; &#8203;the&#8203; &#8203;potential&#8203; &#8203;ramifications&#8203; &#8203;to&#8203; &#8203;Dr.&#8203; &#8203;Vasquez&#8217;s&#8203; &#8203;professional&#8203; &#8203;reputation.&#8203; &#8203;Dr.&#8203; &#8203;Vasquez is&#8203; &#8203;a&#8203; &#8203;nationally&#8203; &#8203;regarded&#8203; &#8203;Student&#8203; &#8203;Affairs&#8203; &#8203;professional,&#8203; &#8203;and&#8203; &#8203;in&#8203; &#8203;a&#8203; &#8203;very&#8203; &#8203;short&#8203; &#8203;period&#8203; &#8203;of&#8203; &#8203;time,&#8203; &#8203;has already&#8203; &#8203;shown&#8203; &#8203;her&#8203; &#8203;commitment&#8203; &#8203;to&#8203; &#8203;Pitzer&#8203; &#8203;students.&#8203; &#8203;She&#8203; &#8203;has&#8203; &#8203;my&#8203; &#8203;full&#8203; &#8203;support,&#8203; &#8203;and&#8203; &#8203;we&#8203; &#8203;are delighted&#8203; &#8203;to&#8203; &#8203;have&#8203; &#8203;her&#8203; &#8203;as&#8203; &#8203;part&#8203; &#8203;of&#8203; &#8203;the&#8203; &#8203;Student&#8203; &#8203;Affairs&#8203; &#8203;leadership&#8203; &#8203;team.
Sincerely,
Brian
</blockquote>
Despite Carlisle&#8217;s impassioned defense of his colleague, The Claremont Independent confirmed that both Vasquez and her colleagues are now under investigation by the Department of Education for not only violating Title IX but also Title VI, in light of this case.
The Department of Education <a href="https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/complaints-how.html">states</a> that Title VI prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin while Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex.
This story demonstrates one of the fundamental reasons why Betsy DeVos is <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/20790/betsy-devos-correct-rescind-dear-colleague-letter-elliott-hamilton">correct</a> in seeking to overhaul the Obama Administration&#8217;s 2011 &#8220;Dear Colleague&#8221; letter. The letter forced colleges and universities to set up kangaroo courts to investigate instances of sexual assault, rape, and other criminal acts under a preponderance of the evidence standard and often times at the expense of due process rights against the accused.
This case originating from the University of California, Santa Barbara is quintessential proof that the Obama-era edicts giving college campuses jurisidiction over serious criminal matters is a horrendous strategy. Individuals like Vasquez are woefully unqualified to handle fundamentally legal issues, especially in the realm of evidence, and these matters should be given to law enforcement.
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Court Order: Former University of California, Santa Barbara Administrator Concealed Evidence in Title IX Investigation

Sexism

University of California Santa Barbara

DePaul University&#8217;s <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/16578/exclusive-depaul-university-approves-speech-gavin-elliott-hamilton">decision to ban Gavin McInnes</a> yesterday is only the tip of the iceberg in its commitment to appease leftist causes. Last Friday, DePaul&#8217;s Student Government Association (SGA) announced the results of the board election for the 2017-2018 year. In addition, it <a href="https://www.facebook.com/depaulsga/photos/a.164669559151.156861.103491174151/10156327284854152/?type=3&amp;theater">announced</a> the results of the following referendum:
<blockquote>
Each year, undocumented undergraduate students who do not have access to federal financial aid (FAFSA) undergo a financial gap often exceeding $17,000 (not including room and board).
Should we support our fellow students who, like we, dream of obtaining an education from DePaul by creating a scholarship initiated by a $2 quarterly addition to our Student Activity Fee?
</blockquote>
The referendum passed 1684 to 302. On Tuesday, DePaul&#8217;s SGA announced that university President Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider approved the referendum in this <a href="https://www.facebook.com/depaulsga/posts/10156349445924152">statement</a>:
<blockquote>
Today, we are happy to announce that President Fr. Holtschneider has approved a $2 increase to the student activity fee that will fund a scholarship to support those who are ineligible to file for federal aid. The VP for student affairs will work on a working group to get the scholarship in order with the hopes of a distribution by September of 2017 with SGA&#8217;s new leadership. The students of DePaul University along with Undocumented Vincentians &amp; Allies are students who recognize the opportunity for higher education for undocumented students and the barrier associated with that, and I couldn&#8217;t be prouder to have served them this past year.
</blockquote>
Jorin Burkhart, an executive board member of DePaul College Republicans, told The Daily Wire that the university has previously issued statements saying that they&#8217;re unable to cooperate with ICE as far as disclosing info about illegal immigrant students. However, Burkhart points out that the new scholarship would require the university to know the status of these undocumented students, meaning that their assertion that they don&#8217;t know who&#8217;s legal and who isn&#8217;t is utter garbage.
Many other private universities provide tuition for undocumented students. Pitzer College, for example, has offered a <a href="http://claremontindependent.com/pitzer-college-offers-full-scholarship-for-undocumented-students/">full-tuition scholarship</a> for an undocumented student in California <a href="http://pitweb.pitzer.edu/communications/2012/09/28/pitzer-college-scholarship-honors-legacy-former-head-office-admission/">since 2012</a>.
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DePaul University Passes Referendum Allocating Student Fees To Pay Tuition For Illegal Immigrants

DePaul University

Illegal Immigration

While 17 student senators were absent either observing Passover or Easter, the Pitzer College student senate <a href="http://claremontindependent.com/taking-advantage-of-holiday-absences-pitzer-senate-boycotts-israeli-products/">passed</a> an anti-Semitic resolution preventing the Student Activities Fund from purchasing Israeli products. This resolution was passed with 22 yes votes, 4 abstentions, and zero votes in opposition. Article III of the Pitzer College Budgetary Committe By-laws were amended to include the following clause:
<blockquote>
Student Activities Funds shall not be used to make a payment on goods or services from any corporation or organization associated with the unethical occupation of Palestinian territories. Products include those products from corporations and organizations as delineated in the boycott list maintained by bdsmovement.net/get-involved/what-toboycott
</blockquote>
According to The Claremont Independent, Pitzer&#8217;s senate moved forward with this resolution a week after Claremont Students for Justice in Palestine Jewish Persecution hosted its annual &#8220;Israeli Apartheid Week&#8221; and when there would be considerably less opposition to the blatantly anti-Semitic language specifically calling out Israel for supposed human rights violations. The resolution did not address countries like <a href="https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3770/lebanon-apartheid-laws">Lebanon</a> and <a href="http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2010/04/27/jordan_the_hashemite_kingdom_of_apartheid_98937.html">Jordan</a>, which impose devastating apartheid laws on Palestinian-Arab refugees in their respective countries. 
The Algemeiner also <a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2017/04/19/we-were-ambushed-say-claremont-colleges-jewish-students-after-senate-passes-sudden-pro-bds-motion-on-passover-easter-sunday/">reported</a> that the amended language would prevent students from spending money on products from Sabra Humus, Ahava Dead Sea products, SodaStream, Caterpillar and Hewlett Packard (HP). One student senator, who was asked to remain anonymous, said that the majority of the students who were absent for the meeting were attending religious services in honor of Passover and Easter.
Josue Pasilla, the President of Pitzer&#8217;s Student Senate and who attended AIPAC&#8217;s Policy Conference last month, defended the vote, saying that the senate &#8220;firmly supports dialogue and that the amendment was introduced and passed following the senate procedures in place.&#8221;
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Anti-Semitic Pitzer College Student Senate Passes BDS Resolution During Easter and Passover

Palestinians

After receiving <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445611/campus-email-white-girls-stop-wearing-hoop-earrings-cultural-appropriation">considerable</a> <a href="http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/31555/">media</a> <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/14301/pitzer-college-latina-student-asks-white-people-elliott-hamilton">attention</a> for a series of <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/14236/racist-pitzer-college-students-just-told-white-elliott-hamilton">racist comments</a> by members of his student body on the public listserv, Pitzer College&#8217;s President Melvin Oliver wrote a <a href="http://pitweb.pitzer.edu/president/hate-speech-is-not-free-speech/">public message to the community</a> regarding the aftermath of The Claremont Independent&#8216;s <a href="http://claremontindependent.com/pitzer-college-ra-white-people-cant-wear-hoop-earrings/">publicizing</a> the explicitly racist screeds .
Titled &#8220;Hate Speech is Not Free Speech,&#8221; Oliver stated that the students who publicly defended a graffitied message telling white people to stop wearing hoop earrings were &#8220;experiencing harassment and death threats&#8221; and that the subsequent article &#8220;ignited a cycle of violent hate speech.&#8221; He continued:
<blockquote>
As a place of higher education, we strongly cherish and defend intellectual curiosity, productive discourse and opposing views that may broaden our perspectives as global citizens. However, when speech resorts to hate, violence and threats, we will not tolerate these acts nor the perpetrators of these actions. If you have information that will help us bring those responsible to justice, please contact the Office of Student Affairs and the Claremont Police Department.
Every individual is entitled to freedom from fear and stigma, and with the respect of others to pursue a life of meaning and purpose. Pitzer College supports greater acceptance, not less.
</blockquote>
While initially alluding to the importance of the diversity of ideas, Oliver slammed speech that &#8220;resorts to hate, violence and threats&#8221; without addressing the nature of the speech that The Claremont Independent reported. He then mentioned that every student at Pitzer is entitled to &#8220;freedom from fear and stigma, and with the respect of others to pursue a life of meaning and purpose.&#8221;
After The Claremont Independent <a href="http://claremontindependent.com/pitzer-college-president-factual-reporting-to-blame-for-violent-hate-speech/">wrote</a> about Oliver&#8217;s statement, the Associated Press <a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b7f33bc0848846fc94d2cacd3ae36965/california-college-president-says-no-hate-speech">picked up</a> the story of Oliver&#8217;s statement and reported that Pitzer College &#8220;received threats after the earrings dispute.&#8221; The Associated Press and its affiliated news sources issued the following statement:
<blockquote>
This story has been corrected to show that college President Melvin L. Oliver&#8217;s (statement) was condemning hate speech directed at students by outsiders, not speech between students.
</blockquote>
The Los Angeles Times <a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-pitzer-hate-speech-20170313-story.html">corrected</a> its headline to say &#8220;Pitzer College president condemns hate speech from outsiders after anti-white message painted on campus,&#8221; following the story with a correction confirming that President Oliver was only condemning hate speech coming from &#8220;outsiders&#8221; without addressing any of the hateful speech articulated by members of Pitzer&#8217;s student body.
Even though progressive Pitzer students made several explicitly racist statements in the past week on a public server, President Oliver not only refused to hold his students accountable for their rhetoric, but also directed considerable scorn not only at The Claremont Independent but also the &#8220;outsiders&#8221; who made deplorable threats to members of the student body. Oliver&#8217;s double standard is egregious and telling. He also failed to teach his student body that one&#8217;s words and actions on a public server can have consequences. Even Brian Carlisle, the Vice President of Student Affairs, informed the student body that anything that is said on the student-talk listserv is public and it is not protected from &#8220;redisclosure from other students.&#8221;
<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" alt height="443" src="https://dw-wp-dev.imgix.net/2019/09/capture_1.jpg" width="752" />Instead of using the past week&#8217;s events as a remarkable opportunity to honestly address racist speech in all its forms, Pitzer&#8217;s president defended the racist hate-mongering from his students, insulated them from the ramifications of their deplorable statements, and projected his quarrels at a student newspaper reporting the facts and individuals who are beyond the administration&#8217;s control. By labeling any legitimate criticism against left-leaning students as &#8220;hate speech,&#8221; he implicitly shut the door on the very diversity of ideas that he supposedly claims to cherish in his message to the community.
This is what happens when the Left takes over academia.
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Pitzer College President Refuses To Condemn Anti-White Messages By Students, Only Slams ‘Outsiders’

Free Speech

Racism

It&#8217;s bad enough that many college students feel entitled to other people&#8217;s money; for example, a study discovered that around 30% of students on loan programs use <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/14266/generation-idiot-college-students-using-student-elliott-hamilton?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=030917-news&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter">government&#8217;s money</a> to pay for their spring break excursions instead of paying for textbooks, living expenses, and even their own tuition.
Here&#8217;s where it gets insane: a Latina student at Pitzer College <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/09/latina-university-student-calls-on-white-students-to-pay-for-her-spring-break/">sent an email</a> through the student-talk listserv asking white students to pay for her trip to Oakland and National Parks across California. Leandra Vargas, a junior at Pitzer and a self-identified &#8220;queer person of color,&#8221; sent the following email to the student body:
<blockquote>
Whatsgood lovely folks,
Support QPOC Spring Break Trip!
[A] bunch of us [are trying to] get away from this toxic institution for the break &amp; we were lucky enough to be lent a car. however, gas is expensive. we are hoping [people] are willing to support us in our ventures out to queer [as f&#8211;] [O]akland &amp; some national parks to find some spaceeee to breatheee.
[C]alling on white allies especially [for your] support&#8211; remember that everything that [you] are/have [right now] is due to the genocide and enslavement of our [people]&#8230; yet all [I&#8217;m] asking [for] is a bit of cash to get us [through] the week. [Thanks] &lt;3
</blockquote>
Vargas also posted the same message on her Facebook page:
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She also left her Venmo address at the bottom of the email. 
Vargas attempted to guilt white students into giving her money because she argued this country was forged off &#8220;genocide&#8221; and the enslavement of others. While the history of the United States is not rainbows and unicorns, it is completely insane for students to claim that their white peers should front the cost of their spring break trips. 
The Daily Wire does not know how much money this racist, entitled individual raised on Venmo, but the email gave a good impression of what kind of education (or lack thereof) Vargas got from an institution that <a href="http://pitweb.pitzer.edu/financial-aid/tuition-fees/">charges</a> $66,192 for tuition, room, board, and fees. In addition, she did not show any gratitude for Pitzer as she referred to it as a &#8220;toxic institution.&#8221;
<blockquote>
&#8220;While the history of the United States is not rainbows and unicorns, it is completely insane for students to claim that their white peers should front the cose of their spring break trips.&#8221;
</blockquote>
As a Pitzer College graduate, I can offer her the following advice: If you do not like it at Pitzer, then you should leave and stop wasting everybody&#8217;s time, money, and effort trying to educate you. Clearly, it has not been a resounding success.
See the full email below courtesy of The Daily Caller:
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Pitzer College Latina Student Asks White People To Pay For Her Spring Break

If Scripps College is the <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/14194/scripps-college-white-students-should-pay-non-elliott-hamilton">most racist college</a> in the United States, then its neighbor Pitzer College comes in a close second. After a few of its students <a href="http://claremontindependent.com/students-at-claremont-colleges-refuse-to-live-with-white-people/">refused to room</a> with their white peers earlier in the school year, a new <a href="http://claremontindependent.com/pitzer-college-ra-white-people-cant-wear-hoop-earrings/">controversy arose</a> when anonymous students spray-painted the following on the free wall at Mead Hall: &#8220;White Girl, take off your hoops!!!&#8221;
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When a student emailed the whole student body about what this meant, Alegria Martinez, a Pitzer College Resident Assistant (RA) and a member of the Latinx Student Union, wrote the following:
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[T]he art was created by myself and a few other WOC [women of color] after being tired and annoyed with the reoccuring [sic] theme of white women appropriating styles &#8230; that belong to the black and brown folks who created the culture. The culture actually comes from a historical background of oppression and exclusion. The black and brown bodies who typically wear hooped earrings, (and other accessories like winged eyeliner, gold name plate necklaces, etc) are typically viewed as ghetto, and are not taken seriously by others in their daily lives. Because of this, I see our winged eyeliner, lined lips, and big hoop earrings serving as symbols [and] as an everyday act of resistance, especially here at the Claremont Colleges. Meanwhile we wonder, why should white girls be able to take part in this culture (wearing hoop earrings just being one case of it) and be seen as cute/aesthetic/ethnic. White people have actually exploited the culture and made it into fashion.
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Another student, Jacquelyn Aguilera, followed Martinez&#8217;s email with her own tirade:
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If you didn&#8217;t create the culture as a coping mechanism for marginalization, take off those hoops, if your feminism isn&#8217;t intersectional take off those hoops, if you try to wear mi cultura when the creators can no longer afford it, take off those hoops, if you are incapable of using a search engine and expect other people to educate you, take off those hoops, if you can&#8217;t pronounce my name or spell it &#8230; take off those hoops / I use &#8220;those&#8221; instead of &#8220;your&#8221; because hoops were never &#8220;yours&#8221; to begin with. 
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Contrary to what these girls suggest about hoop earrings being a staple in non-white cultures, they have been a staple in ancient cultures like Greece, Rome, Egypt, and Sumer. According to a thoroughly researched <a href="http://fashion-history.lovetoknow.com/fashion-accessories/earrings">article</a> by Susan Ward of LoveToKnow: 
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In antiquity, earrings were one of the most popular forms of jewelry. The crescent-shaped gold hoops worn by Sumerian women around 2500 B.C.E. are the earliest earrings for which there is archaeological evidence. By 1000 B.C.E., tapered hoop (also known as boat-shaped) earrings, most commonly of gold but also of silver and bronze, had spread throughout the Aegean world and Western Asia. In Crete and Cyprus, earrings were embellished with twisted gold wire, clusters of beads, and pendants stamped out of thin sheet gold.
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In the first millennium B.C.E., Etruscan and Greek goldsmiths brought new refinement and artistry to earrings, which were valued as both an adornment and a sign of wealth. Variations on the hoop were the so-called leech earring, a thick tube secured by a hidden wire, and the Etruscan box-type earring, which encased the earlobe in a wide horizontal cylinder. Disk earrings, with pendants in the form of amphorae (ancient Greek jars), figures of Eros, and decorative beads and chains, were another popular form, joined about 330 B.C.E. by twisted gold hoops with animal-head finials. All of these forms were stamped out of thin sheets of gold and decorated with fine palmettes, scrolls, and flowers in twisted wire and granulation; such earrings were fairly light in weight, but gave an extremely rich effect.
Roman earrings were similar to Etruscan styles until the first century C.E., when new styles with disks and pendants mounted on s-shaped ear hooks appeared. Colored stones and pearls were favored, and earring styles proliferated to satisfy the Roman taste for ostentatious display. At its height, the Roman Empire had the effect of standardizing styles of jewelry over much of the known world; after the center of influence shifted to Byzantium (Constantinople) in C.E. 330, and Roman influence began to decline, local variations once more emerged. Characteristic Byzantine earrings were plain gold hoops with multiple pearl pendants hung on chains, and crescent-shaped earrings of gold filigree.
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By the logic of these Pitzer students, they are engaging in cultural appropriation by taking hoop earrings as their own since they originated in ancient Western and Middle Eastern civilizations. However, these students are deliberately lying about the history of hoop earrings and they do not care. In their mind, as long as they feel morally superior and righteous by telling white students what to wear and how to dress, they will justify their racism until they are blue in the face.
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&#8220;If you didn&#8217;t create the culture as a coping mechanism for marginalization, take off those hoops.&#8221;
Jacquelyn Aguilera, student at Pitzer College
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Pitzer College <a href="http://pitweb.pitzer.edu/about/mission-and-values/">claims</a> that diversity is one of its community values. Given their student body&#8217;s penchant for racism, this claim seems to get lost in the facts.
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