<p>@SwatGrad - I should have better prefaced my last paragraph.</p>
<p>I saw the video of the meeting, and, most importantly, I saw admin’s reaction. The fact that admin did not condemn the behavior, acted like it was powerless to stop it (which it is not), and did nothing to ensure the conservative students could speak (which it could have done), then I conclude that the behavior was condoned. Do you think given admin’s passivity to the behavior, which can easily be construed as acceptance, means Swarthmore can expect more or less of this behavior? The answer is obvious.</p>
<p>Granted, you are correct that Swarthmore should not be judged by its lowest common denominator student, but given admin’s acquiescence as seen in the video, the question is how long before this behavior is the norm? Sure, not all students are like those in the video; however, not all hippies were drug users either, but look at what history recorded and what the overall sentiment of the 60’s is to most people. Neither are all people in the inner city gang members that will hurt you, but who is dumb enough to go find out? Swarthmore’s problem is after not initially and aggressively stamping out that behavior, it will not matter what other students are like, the die would have been cast.</p>