#campus police

[wutbju]

A WutBJU reminded me this month of this article from Lester Kinsolving that was published across the country.

Kinsolving at the time was an Episcopalian priest, and you can read his obit in the Washington Post here.

But he popped into BJU in 1970. Here's what he said. I'll interrupt with documentation along the way:

Bob Jones University here recently applied to the South Carolina state government for permission to equip its campus guards with submachine guns. Take that with BJU's claim of having "an intensely Christian atmosphere" and suddenly the Rev. Kinsolving message on the university's letterhead becomes credible. It reads: "The World's Most Unusual University."

This is documented.

This writer had special cause to be grateful to South Carolina for refusing BJU's request for guns. A bare two hours after my arrival on this resplendent $30 million campus, I found myself suddenly confronted by the campus police, who had arrived in two squad cars. (And history abounds with accounts of what certain "intense Christians" have done to the opposition by way of fire and sword and guns.) I was immediately placed in one of the squad cars, driven to the front guard gate and told to be gone. My offense, I was told, was attempting to interview students (3600 college, 400 high school). My "interviewing" consisted of: (1) Asking directions to the administration building -- and why the students were playing soccer instead of football, in what was obviously a football stadium. ("Years ago," explained the student, "a visiting football team left beer cans and cigarette butts in the dressing room! So now we play among ourselves - intramural club teams.") (2) Asking if I might look at a student handbook to see the campus rules. ("Certainly," replied another of the invariably smiling, polite and well-dressed students. "I'll arrange it immediately. Won't you have a seat?" Three minutes later the two squad cars arrived.)

We all knew they wouldn't give him the student handbook.

Now who remembers Robert Harrison and his video store on the West End of Greenville?

Earlier that day I had telephoned the university's public relations director Robert Harrison. either he "nor anyone else on the campus" could answer any questions "because both Dr. Joneses are out of town." (The founder of Bob Jones University -- "BJU" -- was fundamentalist preacher Bob Jones. Current president is Bob Jones Jr. and vice president is Bob Jones III).

Yet a visit to the administration building and an interview with Burt Squires, Assistant to Dean of Men William Liverman, evoked at least one comment: A Harper's Magazine article about BJU ("Buckle On The Bible Belt" [from 1966]) was "distorted." Novelist Larry King had written that BJU forbids all of its students to see any Hollywood movies, smoke, drink, dance, wear any "immodest dress, such as tight pants," attend Billy Graham rallies (even though Billy is an alumnus who accepted a doctorate from BJU), talk to any strangers - especially newsmen, make any use of jazz (whether singing of, or listening to), play cards, or leave the campus after 10:30 p.m. He also reported that students are forbidden to use the gym, tennis courts, or swimming pool in sexually mixed groups, date off campus without special permission and chaperones, date on campus for more than two hours, and, whether sitting or standing, couples must always keep a six-inch space between their bodies. When asked just which of these reported commandments was a distortion, the BJU assistant to the dean of men replied that he was unable to comment further -- other than to advise me that any interviewing of students would result in my being taken off the campus by the police. Having tried in vain to obtain some information from a BJU administration which repeatedly charges that it is treated unfairly by "the liberal press," I wandered about the campus, noting among hundreds of students a total absence of hand-holding (or anything more intimate), cosmetics, jazz-singing, card playing, tight pants or tobacco. Squires did verify the fact that Vice President Bob Jones III managed to earn his doctorate from Bob Jones University. His father, President Bob Jones Jr., obtained his doctorate from something called Northwestern Schools in Minneapolis.

Absolutely false. He had no earned doctorate.

The university catalogue reveals that all but 29 of the 185 faculty members were educated at BJU. And even with this pedagogical incest, all faculty members are required by the Joneses to take an annual doctrinal loyalty oath called "Our Orthodox Creed." (Any faculty member can be fired with 10 day's notice.)

That long? Really?

[petnews2day]

Officer Robert Sotelo introduces Cali, UC Davis's first specialized therapy dog

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Officer Robert Sotelo introduces Cali, UC Davis's first specialized therapy dog

UC Davis CORE Officer Robert Sotelo with Cali, a service dog who specializes in assisting with mental health and crises. By Shreya Kumar, UC Davis With her natural warmth, Cali is out to make friends for herself — and for the UC Davis Police Department. At just 14 months old, the Labrador retriever is the […]

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[ncfcatalyst]

Slow start to Robertson Park

President Richard Corcoran promised to bring several campus improvements to New College in the new year, including making all elevators operational and renovating the exterior of the Pritzker Marine Biology Research Center. The installation of Robertson Park was counted as one such campus improvement. In an email update to students sent on Dec. 21, 2023, Corcoran stated, “This new Robertson Park…

[manichewitz]

some photos i took from emerson college’s encampment for palestine. most of these were taken only a few hours before the boston PD attacked hundreds of protestors and brutally arrested 118 students, most of whom were poc, jewish, and/or queer.

anyone who spent any amount of time in the encampment will tell you just how much it brought us all together—there was always food, music, arts and crafts, and hundreds of messages of support written in chalk.

after the BPD was done brutalising us for peacefully protesting, they power washed down the walls of the encampment—all of these messages are gone. theyre trying to erase what happened, but they’ll never truly be able to. everyone saw, and everyone will remember.

[readerviews]

"Campus Police" by Mark Meade

Havoc wreaked on a college campus, humorous police force helps. #books #bookreviews #reading #readerviews

Campus Police Mark MeadeIndependently Published (2021)ISBN: 979-8724945523 Reviewed by Rachel Dehning for Reader Views (09/2023)Mark Meade’s “Campus Police: Comedy on Campus” follows in the footsteps of greats such as “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” and “Police Academy” with its satire and dumb-funny situations. The reader follows the Roswell College campus police as they do their job, or at…

[odinsblog]

Please don’t ever forget how campus presidents, mayors and governors sicced the police on college students who were protesting for peace and against war & genocide. Because years from now, I guarantee you that the people who currently hate the protesters will absolutely try to retcon their roles and paint themselves as heroes who were in the right side of history. They were not. Don’t let them whitewash their history.

[millionmovieproject]

They aim non-lethal rounds at the eyes. Stay safe!

[autismonfire]

Ride Along With Campus Police

Today (1/24/2023), I had the honor of going on a ride-along with Gaston College Campus Police. I learned so much about #LawEnforcement and more about Gaston College. A big shoutout to Gaston College Campus Police for allowing me to tag along this morning.

[lilithism1848]

[iwriteaboutfeminism]

"This generation of youth have spent their entire lives in fear of having guns pointed at them in schools; what a disgrace for America that it is now their own schools that are pointing the guns at them."

- Josh Paul, former Director at the US State Department (resigned in protest in October 2023)

-- quote (linked above) is from a post on his LinkedIn page, dated April 30, 2024.

[destielmemenews]

"Dozens of counter-protestors, many wearing white masks and flags over their shoulders, arrived around 10:45 p.m. and attempted to dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment that has overtaken Royce Quad since last Thursday. The agitators lobbed fireworks at the encampment and set off what may have been bear or pepper spray.  

Demonstrators on the pro-Palestinian side used umbrellas to shield themselves, and skirmishes broke throughout the night out as counter-protesters attempted to wrestle away wood pallets, plywood and metal fencing from the encampment."

"New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Wednesday morning that police had to move in to Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall “for the safety of those children.”

He blamed outside agitators for the building takeover and said “There are people who are harmful and they’re trying to radicalize our children and we cannot ignore this.”"

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[thedisablednaturalist]

I hate how many of us physically disabled people have been harassed by street preachers because they see us as a way to prove their faith instead of actual human beings

[athymelyreply]

opinion on the university protests and the police response:

I think it's reasonable to take measures to remove the encampments and keep jewish students safe. The universities have that right. This may well need to include police, however those police should not have potentially lethal weapons when the students do not have the same.

Them bringing guns into the situation makes it much more likely that someone will be killed, and as much as I disagree with the encampments strategy and hate the horrific things they're saying, I hold firm to the fact that I do not want people to die.

If there are not measures taken to ensure that the police are not being violent in their arrests, whether that includes firearms or not, this has the potential to become an even more horrific situation.

The protesters: Their strategy isn't going to bring about any meaningful change and only serves to escalate and inflame the situation and cause harm to more people. They might feel good and righteous and like they're fulfilling all their protagonist dreams, but they are not helping. also they are literally holding hezbollah flags. They are actively making Jewish students unsafe, and are very far out of line.

[EDIT: I incorrectly said that the police were the ones responsible for the kent state shootings in this next bit, when it was in actuality the national guard. The point still stands concerning weaponized government forces being used on college campuses, but that particular example does not apply to the organization of the police specifically.]

The police: They have a history of extreme violence in response to protests, including on college campuses (kent state shootings), and are already an absolutely fucked institution. They aren't likely to approach this in a peaceful way, and will make it more likely for people to be hurt or killed.

Both groups are going to escalate this already tense situation, I don't have a quick solution, but i think we just need to acknowledge this.

[ncfcatalyst]

New College security increase: student experiences, police response

New College has increased its police presence on campus. An  email from the 2023 Halloween Center of the Universe Party (COUP) hosts Lainey Rose and Calypso Camacho stated, “The main news is that COUP is no longer allowed to have a chill-out room (or a low-sensory room) with the reasoning that it ‘encourages heavy drug use’. We’re also not allowed to have Fairies or Dryads, because it apparently…

[poetessinthepit]

It is absolutely wild to see police tackling baby faced 19 year olds and beating up college professors all while the media keeps repeating these protesters are dangerous antisemites.

[cooking-with-hailstones]

Free Palestine 🇵🇸