From Abroad: A Letter to President Patton

From Abroad: A Letter to President Patton

Students studying abroad express their disappointment in President Patton’s response to the student protests against Charles Murray, and demand the administration re-evaluate its decisions and claimed commitment to diversity.

Volume 115, Number 17

Students Studying Abroad

The Campus

3/9/2017

Students Studying Abroad

"We feel that your letter legitimized a national media narrative which has characterized students, who never intended for violence to occur, as simultaneously spoiled elites and rioting thugs (the latter being racially charged). This un-nuanced conversation has sought to invalidate the protests by citing the cost of tuition at Middlebury while ignoring the fact that Murray’s invitation was an attack on socioeconomically disadvantaged, primarily minority students.”