{"id":1981062,"date":"2023-07-24T05:09:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T09:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stanford-eyes-a-new-era-after-embarrassing-year-culminates-in-presidents-resignation\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T05:11:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T09:11:05","slug":"stanford-eyes-a-new-era-after-embarrassing-year-culminates-in-presidents-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stanford-eyes-a-new-era-after-embarrassing-year-culminates-in-presidents-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanford seeks fresh start following president&#8217;s resignation after &#8217;embarrassing&#8217; year."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstanford-eyes-a-new-era-after-embarrassing-year-culminates-in-presidents-resignation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1981062&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A \u2062Year of\u200c Turmoil at Stanford University<\/h2>\n<p>A year of turmoil at \u2062Stanford University \u200dcame to a head this week \u2063as\u2064 the university president, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, \u200btendered his resignation, and the law school&#8217;s controversial diversity dean Tirien Steinbach also resigned.<\/p>\n<p>The resignations \u2064capped a tumultuous \u200byear for the California university that is widely recognized as among the nation&#8217;s most prestigious institutions. From accusations of fraudulent research leveled against\u2064 Tessier-Lavigne, to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stanford-eyes-a-new-era-after-embarrassing-year-culminates-in-presidents-resignation\/\" title=\"Stanford seeks fresh start following president's resignation after 'embarrassing' year.\">high-profile free speech controversy<\/a> where Steinbach shouted down federal\u200b judge Kyle Duncan, the 2022-2023\u200b school year brought controversy after controversy to the Stanford campus.<\/p>\n<h3>Who\u200c Was \u2064the Real J. Robert Oppenheimer?<\/h3>\n<p>But with\u2063 two administrators headed \u200bfor\u2064 the exits, stakeholders\u200d and students are holding out hope that \u200bStanford can start a new chapter.<\/p>\n<p>Luke\u2062 Schumacher, a student at Stanford Law School, told the Washington Examiner that he was hopeful that Steinbach&#8217;s resignation would \u200dallow the school to move \u200don from the \u2063March 2023\u200c incident, where Steinbach and a number of \u200cstudent protesters \u200cdisrupted\u2064 Judge Duncan&#8217;s planned remarks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While I can\u2019t pretend\u2063 to know under what agreement Dean Steinbach \u2064is leaving the DEI dean role, I\u2019m\u200d hopeful that \u2063Stanford Law School can move on from this embarrassing \u200depisode\u2064 and recommit itself\u2062 to its mission of fostering\u2062 civil dialogue about important legal issues,&#8221; Schumacher said.<\/p>\n<p>As the law school now looks to find Steinbach&#8217;s \u200creplacement as dean of\u200d diversity, equity, and inclusion, Schumacher said that he hopes a \u2063new dean does not attempt to subordinate \u2062free speech to the principles of DEI, something he said Steinbach was guilty of.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope the next DEI dean, and I\u2019m almost certain \u2063there will be another hired, does not share the all-too-common view that the university\u2019s \u2064commitment to \u2062free speech must somehow be subordinated to\u2062 the important goals\u2064 of intellectual diversity and inclusion,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Cherise\u2062 Trump, the executive\u2063 director of the campus free \u2064speech advocacy organization Speech First, thinks the vacancy at \u200bthe top of Stanford&#8217;s administration provides the school with a unique opportunity to reassert the principles of free speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeadership\u2064 change will hopefully bring a breath of fresh air to a campus that has been riddled with controversial free speech \u200dissues,&#8221; Trump, who is not related to the former president, told the Washington Examiner. &#8220;From their anonymous bias reporting system that tracks, investigates, and disciplines students for their constitutionally protected\u2064 speech,\u2062 to \u200dtheir law school leading \u200cthe charge on shutting down dissenting ideas, Stanford has \u200dshown little attempt in creating an environment that fosters free expression and discourse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speech First had spearheaded an effort to \u200dpressure Stanford \u2064to fire\u2063 Dean Steinbach following the\u2064 infamous March incident. But despite her ultimate ouster, Trump noted that the now-former DEI dean was indicative of a\u200c larger cultural\u200b problem at the Stanford Law\u200c School.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tirien \u200bSteinbach was just \u200done of \u200bthe many faculty who force their ideological bents onto students,&#8221; \u200bTrump said. &#8220;Faculty and \u2064students \u2063are too \u2063afraid to speak out against the illiberal\u200d initiatives on campus and face constant attempts \u2062of \u2062coercion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump said that she\u200b has spoken to many\u200c students who\u2064 have told her that they have faced substantial\u200c consequences if they express contrarian ideas, including losing leadership positions in\u200d Greek life. She also noted that a Stanford student, Josiah Joner, was summoned to testify before a committee of the \u200cHouse of Representatives due\u2064 to the censorious nature of the campus culture.<\/p>\n<p>Joner told the\u2062 Washington Examiner earlier this year \u200bafter testifying before Congress that Stanford is in need of people who are willing to stand up for their beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In \u200bthis culture right now, \u2062you got to be willing to stand up for \u200dyour beliefs and share it, even if it&#8217;s not a\u200b popular opinion,&#8221; Joner said at the time. &#8220;We need people who are willing to stand up and\u2063 speak freely and engage in debate. But \u2064then we&#8217;re going to also have to have students who are willing to\u2063 respect other ideas and debate \u2064freely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">CLICK HERE\u2064 TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-media-brags-about-kindergarteners-with-qr-codes-hung-around-their-necks-in-queue-for-covid-testing\/\" title=\"Chinese Media Brags About Kindergarteners \u2018With QR Codes Hung Around Their Necks\u2019 In Queue For COVID Testing\">free speech activist<\/a>, said she sees a long road ahead to\u2063 rebuild trust for the\u200b private\u2063 California university.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It \u2063will be a long recovery\u200b for Stanford if they intend to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-they-can-do-it-to-me-they-can-do-it-to-you-donald-trump-pens-wsj-op-ed-on-why-im-suing-big-tech\/\" title=\"\u2018If They Can Do It To Me, They Can Do It To You\u2019: Donald Trump Pens WSJ Op-Ed On \u2018Why I\u2019m Suing Big Tech\u2019\">restore free speech<\/a>, open inquiry, and debate on \u200bcampus,&#8221; Trump\u200d said.\u2064 &#8220;But I do\u200c not have \u2063faith they plan \u200bto do\u2062 this. The\u200b leadership change-up \u200bis interesting, and in some ways very encouraging. \u200dHowever, \u2064I shudder to think \u200cthey are just planning to install a president who\u2064 makes free speech even less\u2064 of a priority.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stanford University faced a tumultuous year, culminating in the resignation of President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and controversial diversity dean Tirien Steinbach. 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