Monday, October 25, 2010

OUR VIEW: Who should oversee CCSU’s rowdy students - The New Britain Herald (newbritainherald.com)

Posted by Frank Smith at 25.10.10

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like the liberal editors at our local Pravda just don't get it.

This is not instead of arresting them, it is in addition to.

Perhaps the editor should ask these questions of UCONN, because it is commonplace at that school that you get arrested at a local housing complex in Storrs or even in your hometown, and then you also get suspended from UCONN because you are a student. Many times they get thrown out on their butts because it is conduct that is inconsistent with the code of conduct for students.

If you follow the Herald's logic, you could be charged with a string of murders, or a sexual assault, and it is none of the university's business. Following the Herald logic, rapists should be welcomed with open arms on the campus so long as their rapes were committed in the neighborhood, and not on the land owned by the university.

A perfect example is the case involving the MCC student from East Hartford who is presently charged with killing a UCONN student with one punch that caused the victim to fall to the ground and die from the head injury he received as he struck the sidewalk--just feet from the edge of the UCONN campus. Should this student be welcomed back on campus at MCC just because the person he allegedly killed wasn't on campus? And if he were a UCONN student, should the UCONN administration have welcomed him back because he made sure he was off campus before he allegedly killed a fellow student?

Absurd to say the least.

October 25, 2010 at 12:32 PM
Lou Salvio said...

"Before we can support Mayor Timothy Stewart’s request that Central Connecticut State University take over disciplining students for offenses committed off campus, we’d like to explore the idea further."

The quote above is from the very first paragraph in today's "Our View" editorial in the New Britain Herald. It's not surprising to me that The Herald takes such a narrow minded and simplistic view of the problem created by CCSU students living in off campus housing. One of the contributors to this editorial must have been a new reporter.
The problem exists in all the CT towns and cities that house CSU students, i.e., Windham, Danbury, New Haven and New Britain. Had the Herald done a more thorough investigation it might have learned that the request to discuss the problem was initiated by the Mayor of Windham, not Mayor Stewart or Aldermen Salvio and Bernacki or even the NB Police Department. None of the aforementioned EVER suggested that CCSU should should oversee its rowdy students living in off campus housing (title of the editorial).

All of the state universities exist in CT cities or towns on public land. Taxes on these properties come back from the state in the form of PILOT money. These payments are woefully low.

Yet, do the universities rely heavily on local police or fire departments for many problems that take place on campus? Yes!

Is it unreasonable for towns to ask for cooperation from the schools in dealing with rowdyism created by university students in off campus housing? NO!

We hope that is exactly what the discussions between the towns and the universities will produce. Indeed some of that is already happening in New Britain. Efforts made to reduce the problem should not be pooh-poohed by the local media.

October 25, 2010 at 12:36 PM
Anonymous said...

Here's an idea to the CCSU offenders......Why doesn't the Herald post the students name with their home address so Mom and Dad and family can hear about how their child is doing in school? My .02! You need to make the student accountable and stop looking for other alternatives.

October 25, 2010 at 1:20 PM
Anonymous said...

What would you expect from a party that is running a candidate for state rep who was recently arrested for civil disobedience?

The liberal philosophy is rape, rob and pillage, and there is never any accountability for your actions.

October 25, 2010 at 3:54 PM
try investigating first! said...

If you took the time to read the UConn regulations, all you need to do is copy their existing plan, because the university administration determines if and when they are going to assert their authority, and no one else.


Sounds like the Herald went off "half cocked" without bothering to even investigate, as if they are simply against the students being accountable for their actions--period.

The attitude seems to be that it is just college, and harmless pranks, yet we have had 4 murders on college campuses in Connecticut in the last year.

October 25, 2010 at 4:59 PM
Anonymous said...

I can't wait to hear what excuse Sherwood will have for selling out his own neighborhood, but I bet it will be a doozy!

October 25, 2010 at 5:54 PM

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