Recently, I visited a friend that teaches at a typical small state university. Over an assortment of delightful micro-brew beers, we discussed the many problems and complaints one commonly finds on a college campus. This included the usual complaints that students have about faculty, the school, the local town, and local police force. My friend described one discussion in which his students expressed particular displeasure with the local government and the conduct of the police force. There was plenty of complaining, a general sense of frustration and helplessness, but no solutions to be found... not even a sense that solutions were possible. The town government was what it was and there was no changing it. That was the common wisdom.
Then my friend decided to remind them of a few facts. Join me on the flip-side for the details.
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