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loganbacon's avatar

BU Law ‘88 here. I see my alma mater continues its fine tradition of treating students like unfortunate inconveniences that come with the need to collect large tuition checks.

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Liz Gumbinner's avatar

BU Class of '90 here. In '87 or so, a scheduled Ramones concert was abruptly cancelled by then President John Silber because--despite the concert being open only to BU students--he claimed "they attract the wrong element." I remember those words perfectly. Well the Ramones showed up anyway at the invitation of the student council, accompanied by Abbie Hoffman and someone from the ACLU. They stood on the steps of of Marsh Chapel talking (well, mostly Abbie was talking) about the importance of freedom of speech and expression. And that, friends, is how I learned about cancel culture at BU .

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