Universities Need to Stop Being the Enablers of Social Activism

Protesters gather outside as Prime Minister Tony Abbott opens the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immuminty facility in Melbourne, Australia, on Sept. 12, 2014. Robert Prezioso/Getty Images

Commentary

In his inaugural address, John F. Kennedy said, “civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof.” Words clearly not understood by students at the University of Sydney given their outrageous, but not unprecedented, behaviour earlier this month.