{"id":2235537,"date":"2024-05-02T12:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T16:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-university-reaps-what-it-sowed-expelled-student-was-initially-admitted-because-of-his-activism\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T12:33:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T16:33:16","slug":"woke-university-reaps-what-it-sowed-expelled-student-was-initially-admitted-because-of-his-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-university-reaps-what-it-sowed-expelled-student-was-initially-admitted-because-of-his-activism\/","title":{"rendered":"Woke University Faces Consequences: Activist Student Expelled After Admission"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fwoke-university-reaps-what-it-sowed-expelled-student-was-initially-admitted-because-of-his-activism%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=2235537&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--><p>The article \u200cby Rachel M. Emmanuel discusses the case of Jack Petocz, accepted into Vanderbilt \u200bUniversity\u200b on a\u200d merit scholarship \u2063for activism but\u200b later expelled\u200d for disruptive protests. Petocz&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newly-released-surveillance-footage-challenges-official-jan-6-narrative\/\" title=\"Newly Released Surveillance Footage Challenges Official Jan. 6 Narrative\">actions raise questions<\/a> about universities rewarding activism over merit and\u200b the potential consequences of such admissions practices. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-vikings-condemn-racist-attacks-on-running-back-following-loss-to-eagles\/\" title=\"Minnesota Vikings denounce racist assaults on running back after defeat to Eagles.\">incident\u200c sheds light<\/a> on the \u200cchallenges universities face dealing with disruptive student behavior.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/remmanuel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/remmanuel\/%20\"><span>Rachel M. Emmanuel<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 2, 2024 at 7:32am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>When Jack Petocz was accepted to the prestigious Vanderbilt University in Tennessee on a merit scholarship based on his history as an LGBT\u00a0 protest \u201corganizer,\u201d he probably thought that riling students up to miss classes and disrupt the lives of others would carry him through the rest of his scholastic life.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/student-protest-gaza-war-arrest-amnesty-ae235703d6a9b99114078fca13a530a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a>, Petocz\u2019s admissions essay for Vanderbilt highlighted his activism in high school, leading student walkouts and demonstrations against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 policies in the Sunshine State, which the AP characterized as \u201canti-LGBTQ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVanderbilt seemed to love that,\u201d Petocz said, the AP reported.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for Petocz, Vanderbilt was not so thrilled when he participated in student protests that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-affiliates-studio-hit-by-suspected-arson-attack\/\" title=\"Fox Affiliate's Studio Targeted in Arson Attack\">involved setting<\/a> up encampments on the university\u2019s campus and staging a sit-in at the chancellor\u2019s office. The actions were among campus disruptions nationwide over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, <a href=\"https:\/\/fox17.com\/news\/local\/2024-nashville-tennessee-vanderbilt-university-students-protest-in-support-of-palestine-by-camping-on-campus-davidson-county-middle-tn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to WZTV<\/a> in Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>The university expelled three students who occupied the chancellor\u2019s office for several hours on March 26, the AP reported. One additional student received a suspension, while 22 other protesters were put on probation, according to AP.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: Protestors occupying the chancellor\u2019s office at Vanderbilt try to shame a black police officer:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are black in America, and you\u2019re NOT standing with the marginalized people of the world. What does that make you?!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4aPCGXUSVR\">pic.twitter.com\/4aPCGXUSVR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sfmcguire79\/status\/1772747871655211248?\">March 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Petocz, a 19-year-old freshman, was one of those expelled.<\/p>\n<p>He is allowed to take classes while he appeals but has been evicted from his dorm, the AP reported.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do college students who disrupt campus with protests deserve to be expelled?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Leave aside the irony \u2014 and ignorance \u2014 of a pro-LGBT activist taking the side of an Islamist fundamentalist terrorist group that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/magazine\/article\/sy11owegr5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doesn\u2019t exactly coddle homosexuality<\/a>. Social media users had a lot to say about a university that gives a student a scholarship for \u201cactivism,\u201d then expels him when he uses his skills to essentially try to hold the university hostage to his demands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd colleges are surprised that aspiring professional activists they recruited (and hired) are disruptive. They invited the vampire across the threshold,\u201d one tweet read.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">And colleges are surprised that aspiring professional activists they recruited (and hired) are disruptive.<\/p>\n<p>They invited the vampire across the threshold.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brad Brown (@rbradbrown) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rbradbrown\/status\/1784664725457973255?\">April 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSo they admitted him based on **unfactual** **morally superior** activism and not merit? I\u2019m sure the student whose place he took is fine with the decision,\u201d another X user wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So they admitted him based on **unfactual** **morally superior** activism and not merit? I\u2019m sure the student whose place he took is fine with the decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SoFloBulls (@bulls_flo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bulls_flo\/status\/1784603127238303850?\">April 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Another comment, although not directly related, demonstrated what universities are breeding when they pick students on their activism or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brian-may-accuses-reporter-of-twisting-comments-on-art-diversity-and-queen-hiring-trans-band-members\/\" title=\"Brian May Accuses Reporter of 'Twisting' Comments on Art, Diversity, and Queen Hiring Trans Band Members\">sexual proclivity<\/a> instead of their merit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thecatholicassociation.org\/who-we-are\/dr-grazie-pozo-christie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grazie Pozo Christie<\/a>, M.D, a practicing radiologist and host of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rand-paul-dangerous-to-the-country-for-biden-to-be-talking-in-public\/\" title=\"Rand Paul: 'Dangerous to the Country' for Biden to Be Talking in Public\">nationally syndicated radio show<\/a>, wrote, \u201cI just helped one of my nieces apply to medical school. Every application was filled with prompts asking for proof of leftist activist sympathy and action. If you couldn\u2019t produce that, an exotic sexual proclivity was probably a good second best. No patient is safe in DEI medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I just helped one of my nieces apply to medical school. Every application was filled with prompts asking for proof of leftist activist sympathy and action. If you couldn\u2019t produce that, an exotic sexual proclivity was probably a good second best.<\/p>\n<p>No patient is safe in DEI\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Grazie Pozo Christie, M.D. (@GChristiemd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GChristiemd\/status\/1784898493925966214?\">April 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There used to be a time when getting into a top university involved late nights of study and a commitment to knowledge. Now, all you need is a loudspeaker or a mismatched gender identity.<\/p>\n<p>And universities are surprised when they\u2019re dealing with unruly students who were recruited exactly because they\u2019ve defied the rules elsewhere?<\/p>\n<p>The workforce from these universities is soon going to consist of a bunch of ignorant, entitled brats who expect the world to cater to their demands.<\/p>\n<p>Some employers, like Google <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/google-lays-off-28-pro-palestinian-workers-protesting-1-2-billion-contract-israel\/\">and its pro-Palestinian protesters<\/a>, have already seen it in action.<\/p>\n<p>Others, though, might learn a lesson from Vanderbilt\u2019s experience. 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Please don\u2019t let the America-hating left win. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Stand with us today<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45763\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/remmanuel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45763\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45763\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45763\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45763\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rachel Emmanuel has served as the director of content on a Republican congressional campaign and writes content for a popular conservative book franchise.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Rachel M. Emmanuel has served as the Director of Content on a Republican Congressional campaign and writes for a popular Conservative book franchise. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a piece by Rachel M. Emmanuel on May 2, 2024, at 7:32 am, the acceptance of Jack Petocz into Vanderbilt University in Tennessee on a merit scholarship for his LGBT activism raised questions. 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