CSU professor speaks to the power of the students
Hunter M. Park, a student at a sister campus in Rolla, was arrested shortly before 2 a.m.at a residence hall.
Students and supporters on social media have also called for black students to arm themselves while on campus. The professor tells the student he must leave.
Another threat said: “Some of you are alright”.
Mark Lucas, director of the department of student life, which oversees the office of Greek life where Basler works, said officials were “reviewing videos and will be having conversations with individuals present in order to understand what happened” and would then take “any appropriate actions”.
David Kurpius, the dean of the journalism school, stressed that Click wasn’t on that school’s faculty.
The threats come after a tumultous few days at the university after university system President Timothy Wolfe resigned Monday and, hours later, Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin was forced out. “Reporters have got to go”, and a few of them tried to block a freelance student photographer from covering protesters’ celebratory reaction to the system president’s departure.
“I need a few muscle over here”, Click says.
The pushback against media coverage within the tent city contradicts the professor’s cry for national attention over the weekend. Wolfe resigned Monday with the football team and others on campus in open revolt over his handling of racial tensions at the school. “I’m a communications faculty, and I really get that argument”.
Concerned Student 1950, a group that led the protests, put out fliers titled “Teachable Moment” that encouraged demonstrators to cooperate with the media.
“That’s something that the university systems did”, Pinkel said. Enlarge Ken Murray/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS University of Missouri football players gather on campus to announce that they will return to the sport.
The university has already called off classes tomorrow as they fear for the students safety, local press reports. It’s not clear if Click received any compensation for the courtesy appointment.
Tai addressed the onslaught of reports showcasing the confrontation on Twitter early Tuesday.
“I don’t have any ill will toward the people in the video”, Tai wrote. “But being a journalist is often an intrusive role and I understand that everyone was acting on adrenaline and high emotions, even if both sides had good intentions”. “The suspect is in MUPD custody and was not located on or near the MU campus at the time of the threat”.
Tom Warhover, the executive editor of Columbia Missourian, a student newspaper, is “incensed” by what he saw on the video.
Schierbecker recorded the most intense exchange, which unfolded between a reporter named Tim Tai and protesters who opposed Wolfe.