I keep thinking how much less uncomfortable this moment would have been for Chancellor Katehi…
…if the students had been chanting shame.
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November 20, 2011 at 12:11 pm
Dan Engström (@DrDanEng)
She is their chancellor. How can she not scream in protest over her students getting pepper-sprayed?
November 20, 2011 at 4:13 pm
howardnyc
the students of uc davis have behaved wonderfully. i am incredibly proud of them. i can’t wait for monday afternoon; i am sure i will see more to make me brim with aggie pride, yet having nothing to do with football.
November 20, 2011 at 5:30 pm
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[…] Eighteenth Update | in an extraordinary display of chutzpah, the UC Davis assistant vice chancellor for university communications Mitchell Benson tells the press that Katehi stayed in place at the site of yesterday afternoon’s press conference because “it didn’t seem like we would be allowed to leave … there was quite a loud, and I would hazard to say, hostile crowd outside both of the doors of the building and it didn’t seem that she would be able to get out in a safe manner.” as protesters noted at the time, however, and as they told the Davis Enterprise, they had no intention of interfering with Katehi. and ultimately, of course, when Katehi did leave, their restraint and self-discipline were awe inspiring. […]
November 20, 2011 at 6:20 pm
rachelmartin7
What does she say when she is asked if she is afraid of the student? Something about it being OK as long as they are silent and respectful?? WTF? (1:15 ish)
November 20, 2011 at 8:27 pm
Lili L
Amen, AJ.
November 20, 2011 at 9:42 pm
D. Snow
I think saying nothing was more powerful than chanting “shame.” Whatever invective the Chancellor might have thought was on the minds of the students surrounding her was far worse than the word “shame.”
November 21, 2011 at 2:20 am
Lewis
@D. Snow, right, that’s the what the original post implies. That the silence is more profound than a chant.
November 21, 2011 at 6:51 am
Angus Johnston
I’ve transcribed the exchanges between Katehi and the various reporters on the video as best as I can. Here you go…
Reporter 1: “Chancellor, will you plan to address the students at all?”
Katehi: “Yes, on Monday at the general assembly.”
Reporter 2: “Chancellor, do you still feel threatened by the students?”
Aide (?): “We’ve asked…”
Katehi”No. No.”
Aide: “We’ve asked for it to be a silent respectful exit.”
Reporter 3: “Did you feel at all trapped inside, Chancellor?”
Katehi: “No. I didn’t. I never felt threatened. You know?”
Reporter 3: “The calls for your resignation, do you feel they’re warranted?”
There’s a little more I couldn’t quite catch after that, including a repeat of the request for a “respectful exit,” but Katehi doesn’t speak again.
November 21, 2011 at 8:40 am
Jeremy
That’s Rev. Kristin Stoneking, not a Katehi aide.
November 22, 2011 at 2:34 pm
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