Administrators at a liberal arts college in Minnesota canceled classes Monday to meet with students following a weekend of protests against hate speech on campus. Hundreds of students at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., staged a peaceful protest Saturday evening inside a student union building after racist expressions against students. “We are protesting to help change the institutional structure that perpetuates racism here at St. Olaf,” she said. Nevertheless, whenever this person acts, we announce it, we denounce it, and we assert the strength of the community over against these terrible actions. “The students in Buntrock Commons last night shared their fear, anger, and frustration,” VanDerVeen, the spokeswoman for St. Olaf, said in the statement.

Source: Washington Post May 01, 2017 17:14 UTC