<p>Lafayette was started by white men, then opened to minorities and women, but ‘‘the legacy of oppression is still there.’’
-quoted in The Morning Call</p>
<p>Aside from a handful of cases, all American colleges and universities were started by white men and later opened to minorities and women.</p>
<p>“The legacy of oppression” quote has to do with a couple of isolated incidents over the past two weeks. which are discuused in this article that appeared in the most recent issue of The Lafayette, the college newspaper: </p>
<p>[Student</a> misbehavior increases as semester ends - News](<a href=“http://media.www.thelaf.com/media/storage/paper339/news/2008/05/09/News/Student.Misbehavior.Increases.As.Semester.Ends-3368527.shtml]Student”>http://media.www.thelaf.com/media/storage/paper339/news/2008/05/09/News/Student.Misbehavior.Increases.As.Semester.Ends-3368527.shtml) </p>
<p>The incidents described, while regrettable, don’t meet the threshhold of an institutionalized “legacy of oppression” by a long shot in my opinion. And it appears that President Weiss is dealing with the incidents in a deliberate and responsible manner, as the administrations at Denison University and SUNY Geneseo did last semester.</p>