Mizzou protesters forced needed change: Your Say

The University of Missouri system’s president announced Monday that he would resign. Protesters called for change, saying administrators failed to address racism on campus. Comments from Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar:

The students, faculty and football players were protesting a university climate that they think is hostile to minorities and were angry at the university’s indifference to their complaints.

— Tom Kane

These demonstrations are another sign that American public universities are no longer about knowledge and education, but incubators of liberal dogma and centers of brainwashing.

— Kurt Mews

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The problems at Mizzou go far beyond simply race. The problems include attacks on anyone who might be perceived as a minority. This is about multiple serious issues that were allowed to fester. Wholesale administrative changes need to occur at Mizzou.

— Dennis Richards

Students at the University of Missouri got what they wanted, and the president of the university resigned. Everything will be fine now? The only reason Tim Wolfe resigned was to placate a mob, and when you placate a mob, more mobs will follow.

— Steve Yuhas