THE LATEST COLLEGE DEMAND – AT 9:08 A.M. ET:  They're getting more and more ridiculous, and there are more and more of them every day.  From The Columbia Spectator:

Building on demands for Columbia to acknowledge its involvement in the colonization of the Americas and the displacement of indigenous peoples, the Native American Council of Columbia University submitted a document proposing reparations from the University.

The proposal follows a success for Columbia’s Native American community in October, when a plaque honoring the Lenape people was installed outside of John Jay Hall. In the document, NAC calls for changes in financial allocations, admissions policies, and the names of buildings on campus.

The proposal also includes a timeline that indicates when NAC would like to see each change addressed, with the majority of changes expected by the fall of 2017. It also asks for a formal response from the University before the coming spring semester.

And...

One change that NAC has considered is the renaming of certain buildings.

“It wouldn’t be too much to ask to change the name of a building [named after someone] that sold guns to frontiersmen,” Ramage said. “Or to generals that fought against Native people in the frontier.”

Ramage pointed specifically to buildings like Hartley Hall and Earl Hall, both named after members of the Dodge family. Marcellus Hartley Dodge Sr. served as the chairman of the board of Remington Arms, a company that manufactured weapons used in frontier expansion.

Renaming buildings requires approval from the University’s board of trustees. The trustees took several months to approve the installation of a plaque acknowledging the Lenape people earlier this year.

Additionally, NAC has taken issue with the placement of statues of men like Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson, historical figures who supported the displacement of Native Americans.

COMMENT:  How far back in history do we have to go?  How about a thousand years?  Maybe two thousand years.  Hold Italy today responsible for the Roman Empire.  Some bad stuff went down.  And how about that Coliseum in Rome, which never accepted fair labor regulations.

Every time I see one of these aggrieved groups making these demands I feel like shouting back to them, "Physics, chemistry, math, engineering.  Those are the words that will set you free."

But no one would listen.

December 3,  2016