Bailey Wang
ASA002A03
Week 4
A Tale of Two Campuses: Berkeley and Davis respond to
Occupy movements by Alan Markow explains the differences between two University
of California colleges dealing with the Occupy issue. Both campuses had student
protests within the schools’ lecture halls. The UC Davis chancellor accuses the
protesters of damaging school property and leading to overtime work to repair
the lecture hall. Instead UC Berkeley alleviates middle class families by
proposing a more helpful and better financial-aid program. They proceed to explain
how they will help lower the costs of college for middle class families.
Overall, the way UC Davis handled
the situation awfully by blaming the students. It appeared that the chancellor attempted
to victimize themselves due to the aggressiveness and destructiveness from the
protesters. Not only that, but also, the chancellor tried to gain more
supporters by revealing that the school custodians and employees had to spend
overtime repairing the lecture hall. UC Davis showed their lack of caring for
students and tried to fix the school’s reputation. Similar to the Davis Pepper
spray protest, UC Davis failed to levitate either of the protests. It starts to
raise the question whether or not the people in charge of the university should
be allowed to lead and teach us.
Q: Is the Rockefeller
influence affects the way upper management of education thinks and solves
problems?
Markow, A. (2011, December 22). A Tale of Two Campuses: Berkeley and Davis respond to Occupy movements. Retrieved October 14, 2017
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