Pynchon's place...

[Mark Kohut]

Yeah to your last advice to Cornell...

Small rain maybe but real.

On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 1:58 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Again, now this REALLY sounds like hyperventilation:
>
> 1. Student “A”, looking at social media site, sees comments “threatening”
> to the Jewish community with specific reference to a Jewish residential
> “House” at Cornell. No report yet that I have seen provids quotes of these
> messages.   [There is a difference between threatening messages and
> messages that make one “feel “ threatened (despite the times we’ve in)]
>
> 2. Student “C” learns about the messages third-hand, and reports them via
> a letter to the campus population. The police learn about the messages via
> this student’s letter (not directly from the student).
>
> 3. Lots of triggering ensues, and lots of PR. Cornell cancels Friday
> classes due to “extraordinary stress,” but no *manifestations* of *widespread
> campus stress* are reported. Ostensibly, the fact that the unnamed
> student hadn’t yet been arrested was a major concern.
>
> 4. Offending student is arrested, *but not yet charged with any crime*.
> Are classes still canceled for tomorrow?
>
> Cornell student population is over 23 thousand.  Cancellation of all
> classes for reports of the “stress level” (vague, at best) seems like
> OVERKILL.
>
> Speaking of killing, when I was a student at Cornell, *every year* a
> significant number  of students jumped to their deaths into the gorges on
> the campus, because their stress levels from workload, and their impending
> failure and expulsion loomed. Maybe Cornell should pay a little more
> attention to that.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 11:53 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> https://x.com/NBCNews/status/1720086114718154809?s=20
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