Repress U: Build a Homeland Security Campus in Seven Steps

Repress U: Build a Homeland Security Campus in Seven Steps
By Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Free speech zones. Taser guns. Hidden cameras. Data mining. A new security curriculum. Private security contractors? Welcome to the new homeland security campus

From Harvard to UCLA, the ivory tower is fast becoming the latest watchtower in Fortress America. The terror warriors, having turned their attention to "violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism" – as it was recently dubbed in a House of Representatives bill of the same name – have set out to reconquer that traditional hotbed of radicalization, the university.

Building a homeland-security campus and bringing the university to heel is a seven-step mission:

1. Target dissidents: As the warfare state has triggered dissent, the campus has increasingly become a target gallery – with student protesters in the crosshairs. The government's number one target? Peace and justice organizations.

More:
http://www.antiwar.com/engelhardt/?articleid=12190

when you spread your wings, tried new things, entertained new thoughts, tested your freedom as a young adult? These days colleges are turning into robot factories. Maybe they should just medicate the campus water supply and keep the students drugged until they graduate. It seems like we're doing everything possible to stifle creative thought in this country, and I don't understand it. America's creativity was unparalleled, but these days we can barely hold a candle to a third-world country.

I miss the Seventies, and I NEVER thought I'd say that.

Greater uniformity and obedience.