standardreview:codewytch:adamweinstein:According to a secret transcript, members of Cooper Uni
standardreview: codewytch: adamweinstein: According to a secret transcript, members of Cooper Union’s board of trustees joked dismissively about student protesters; Jamshed Bharucha called the students’ demonstrations “performance art”; Stanley Lapidus expressed doubts that the pupils “know what they’re protesting.” “Welcome to 1968,” trustee Mark Epstein quipped, adding, “Haven’t been tear-gassed in decades,” before dismissing the delegation of trustees for lunch. More from the transcript—in which the board discusses closing Cooper Union down, screws early decision applicants, declares tenure as good as dead, and tries to avoid scrutiny from the state attorney general—on the Village Voice’s Runnin’ Scared blog. EDUCATION IS A HUMAN RIGHT YOU FUCKS. [laughter] This information just freed itself. Freedom of information is the only way to keep the powers that be accountable. *cough* -- source link