This weekend is Stanford University’s “Admit Weekend” where newly admitted students can, as the event’s website says, “[m]eet our students, talk to our professors, walk beneath the palms. See what it means to be here.”
Well, those prospective students and their parents sure got a good look at “what it means” to be at Stanford when roughly a dozen student protesters jumped on stage during an Admit kick-off event in order to demand “increased University support for undocumented students.”
The protesters represented the far-left Stanford Sanctuary Now (SSN), Students for the Liberation of All People (SLAP), MEChA de Stanford, and the Stanford Student and Labor Alliance (SALA), The Stanford Daily reports.
The activists, to their credit, remained silent during an hour’s worth of administrators’ talks, but chanted during intermissions.
“We were there to show our presence, to show the ProFros [who are] being told this school is perfect… there’s a lot that Stanford needs to do better, and we’re not afraid to call Stanford out on that,” freshman activist Doris Rodriguez said.
The protesters have called for a variety of University actions related to immigration. SSN’s agenda, supported by the other groups demonstrating, advocates measures ranging from Stanford’s divestment from private prisons to a pledge to fully fund deportation defense for students, workers and their families. …
Amid the protest, administrators proceeded with their speeches and did not attempt to remove the students onstage, though [Stanford spokesperson E.J.] Miranda later said the University was “disappointed” with the activists’ methods. Briefly addressing the situation during the event, Vice Provost Harry Elam told the crowd that the demonstration was unexpected but “shows something about Stanford,” according to Miranda and students present at the event.
“These students love Stanford,” Elam said, according to Miranda. “They may want something different of Stanford. They’re going to hold us to account, and we understand that. That is one of the things that makes this place so special.”
Rodriguez said that most of the audience was receptive to the protest, at some points cheering the demonstrators on. However, she said, one attendee who appeared to be a parent responded to one of their chants by calling out, “legal immigrants are welcome here.”
“All immigrants are welcome here,” the protesters chanted back, according to Rodriguez.
In other words, open borders Ms. Rodriguez? I’m sure the parents of those prospective students loved hearing that considering the amount of money they’re going to put out over the next 4-5 years.
And don’t place too much credence on the fact that there appeared to be just one dissenter. You’d do well to remember that most folks actually possess a modicum of manners, and will retain them even in the presence of those who don’t — like yourself.
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