ASA 02-A01
Nov 5th, 2017
As I read this week's reading, "Berkeley Free Speech Movement: Paving The Way For Campus Activism" by Robbie Cohen, I find it very interesting that until the 1960s, campus protests were not a thing and it all started in UC Berkeley. It all began when a group of students at UC Berkeley decided to step up and voice out their opinions on civil rights and go against the system. It was something unprecedented. It made me sad that while the students were trying to sound out their opinions, campus decided to take advantage of their own sense of authority and get police involved to arrest Jack Weinberg, the supposedly proprietor of the whole protest. Yet it made me happy that eventually, the students won, it was the people who won over the power through their persistence of peaceful sit-in. Although this happened over 50 years ago, it made me sad that after all these years that universities still seem to be on a level higher than the students or faculty members. Although protests are more normal now, it doesn't mean that the purposes of the protests are fulfilled, it seems that as if the universities are very adamant about their choices and do not really take students' voices seriously.
Question: What could possibly the reason that even after all these years, universities in general still do not consider the students' voices as something serious and stick to their own decisions adamantly?
Resources:
Cohen, R. (1985). Berkeley Free Speech Movement: Paving the Way for Campus Activism. OAH Magazine of History. Retrieved November 02, 2017.
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