Harvard student speaks out against campus coddling

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It seems all we hear from Ivy League institutions these days is the whining and complaining of the privileged. Whether it’s wanting more black professors or changing the name of a building, special snowflakes on college campuses keep finding ways to avoid work and others’ free speech and remain coddled.

But there are many, perhaps even a silent majority, that believe safe spaces, trigger warnings and labeling microaggressions keep students from growing up. Enter Rachel Huebner, a staff writer for Harvard’s student newspaper. In an article critical of campus “sensitivity,” Huebner explains that movements purporting to protect students have gone too far.

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