<div dir="ltr">I read the article in the Oregonian as well. It was nicely written, and expressed the all-too-rare moderate viewpoint.<div><br></div><div>I think it would be a shame for Reed to decide that entitled 18-year olds are the best judge of a college curriculum.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Tony Greiner, Librarian/ Portland Community College, Oregon<br>971-722-5333. <a href="mailto:anthony.greiner@pcc.edu" target="_blank">anthony.greiner@pcc.edu</a><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><em>“Free speech, exercised both individually and through a free press,</em></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><i><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br> is a necessity in any country where people are themselves free.”</span></i><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br> — Theodore Roosevelt, 1918</span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 1:21 PM, Roberta Richards <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rrichard@pcc.edu" target="_blank">rrichard@pcc.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">The Oregonian ran a guest opinion piece in the Sunday paper by an untenured professor who has been the subject of protests by Reed students of the core humanities courses: <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/11/nuance_in_speech_is_not_oppres.html" target="_blank"> Nuance in speech is not oppression</a><div><br></div><div>This weekend I had the opportunity to meet a Reed freshman, an international student from China, who was quite surprised by the protests and frustrated because students are still required to write papers even when lectures are canceled. It would be interesting to hear the perspectives of the student protesters also. According to the student I met, the curriculum will be changing next year.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Roberta<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_-7849657900686345713gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Roberta Richards <br>(pronouns: she/her/hers)<br>Faculty Reference Librarian<br><a href="tel:(971)%20722-4962" value="+19717224962" target="_blank">971-722-4962</a><br><a href="mailto:rrichard@pcc.edu" target="_blank">rrichard@pcc.edu</a><br>Southeast Library Research Desk: <a href="tel:(971)%20722-6289" value="+19717226289" target="_blank">971-722-6289</a><br><br><br></div><br><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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