ASU RA faces probation in wake of “sensitivity” training
The East Valley Tribune is reporting that ASU Residential Life has placed 22-year-old political science senior Ryan Visconti on probation. Visconti claims it was because he gave an interview to the Tribune concerning his “sensitivity training” as a resident assistant. ASU Residential Life says it was for missing a training session dealing with homosexuality.
Hat tip to Anonymous Mike at Zonitics, who brings up some good questions to consider.
From my experience here at that other school, I’ve found it interesting that most of this kind of sensitivity stuff happens to underclassmen, and considering that most students here at UA move out of the dorms after the first year, that makes dorms the ideal place. However, there are also classes which underclassmen inevitably must take, including but not limited to introductory writing courses (i.e. English 101/102) and “geneds.”
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A short selection of proven methods of getting me angry with respect to political correctness or lack thereof…
- Make me take the side with which I disagree in a debate and still let me beat you. Badly. (English 102; ‘gay’ marriage debate)
- Emulate Noam Chomsky in claiming a good chunk of my maternal family still would have been massacred “had [Pol Pot] been Mother Teresa.” (INDV 103 — “What is Politics?”)
- Offer me an ‘Asian-American’ scholarship. What? Because my (half) race holds me back? F-you! (APASA)
- Use student government resources to force a political or moral stance in the name of non-consenting students. (Too many to mention.)
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I will enjoy watching ADF and Mr. Visconti kick rear-end in court.
Thanks for covering this, Guys. It’s been crazy!
Comment by Ryan Visconti — February 3, 2007 @ 1:40 pm