Vanderbilt shows how to handle entitled student mobs

Published April 1, 2024 2:52pm ET



Entitled, petulant student mobs think they can bend the world to their whims. This belief stems from how weak universities coddle them when the schools should actually bring the hammer down on those students when their “protests” violate the rules.

To its credit, Vanderbilt University got that memo. Almost 30 students staged a sit-in outside Chancellor Daniel Diermeier’s office to protest that Vanderbilt wouldn’t let students vote on a boycott, divestment, and sanctions proposal against Israel. The university says that the students “forcibly” entered the building despite it being closed for construction and “clearly marked as such.” Some students also allegedly assaulted a community service officer to get into the building and pushed staff members offering to meet with them.

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