The messy reality of guns on campus (TX)

[struggle4progress]

Dave McNeely
March 2, 2016 at 11:20 p.m.

... the dean of the School of Architecture. Fritz Steiner ... leaving Texas to be dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Design ... said he wouldn't have considered the Pennsylvania job but for the new campus carry mandate ...

... A finalist for the deanship of UT's School of Communications last fall asked that his name be removed from consideration for the job because of campus carry ...

... in January, UT Professor Steven Weinberg, who won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1979, said at a UT faculty council meeting ... "I will put it into my syllabus that the class is not open to students carrying guns" .. "I may wind up in court. I'm willing to accept that possibility" ...

... The law allowed private universities to opt out of campus carry. And so far every private institution that has taken a position .. opted out ...

http://www.news-journal.com/news/2016/mar/02/mcneely-the-messy-reality-of-guns-on-campus/

[longship]

1. Love Stephen Weinberg!

He was a co-creator of the Electo-Weak quantum field theory part of the Standard Model of particle physics. He is a brilliant person. Plus, he is not afraid to speak out.

Texas is insane!

[modrepub]

2. Is the TX Legislature Open?

Just wondering.

[DamnYankeeInHouston]

3. It will destroy public universities

and leave them vulnerable to privatization. They want to make money off of public school so why not public universities, too. The head of education in Texas is a home school, anti public school mom.