Chapter 416 The debate at the meeting
The Connecticut Auditorium is usually home to the Yale Philosophy Department, so Carter is no stranger to this place.
Entering the noisy auditorium, Carter quickly found the seats where the council group was and sat down. He was also thinking about what Rick had advised him in the morning. Carter didn't think his idea was wrong:
Lifting the ban on the right to hold guns will make you feel safer for yourself; for the public, compared to the unknown campus crimes, the current off-campus crime problem is more serious, right?!
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The current problem has not been solved yet, why should we consider the future?!
As the start time of the meeting approaches, people from all walks of life are entering the venue...
Next to the Council is the Graduate Student Senate, followed by the University Senate, the school-level administrative cadre group, including the chief of the campus police Fabien Anfinson, President Giamma and others, and then the professor committees of each professional college
, as well as the deans of each residential college.
Speaking of which, Yale's management system is very similar to that of the American government. It also uses the separation of powers.
For example, the University Senate is responsible for campus legislative issues. Carter and his council, as well as the Graduate Student Senate, are responsible for student administration. As for judicial power, it belongs to the school leaders and the professor committees of each school.
In another direction, Yale implements decentralized professorial governance. In other words, the president’s power is not great at Yale, and it is a bit like a mascot...
In addition to being able to directly appoint administrative officials, for academic positions, academic officials basically only have appointment certificates issued by him. However, for nomination and selection, there are professor selection committees of each professional school, and each branch also has very great autonomy. Basically, they are responsible for their own affairs.
The whole thing there is a bit like enfeoffment.
When it comes to residential colleges, the deans are usually part-time professors of various subjects, and the resident scholars and fellows are basically part-time. They have management functions, but they usually don't take care of things and leave it to the students to manage themselves. Only
They only need to come forward when it comes to matters such as needing to approve leave requests or changing facilities in residential colleges.
As for the regents, Yale’s regents are the most insignificant ones. They don’t even have the power to manage school affairs, and it’s basically an honorary title.
For example, at this time, there was such a serious security problem on campus. Not even a representative from the Yale Board of Trustees came, and they didn't even bother to come to observe. They had an attitude of tossing as much as you like...
"Ahem... My Jets from Radisson..."
Just as Carter watched a group of people in Wu Yang Yang sit down and thought about the link, the principal, Mr. Giyama, knocked on the microphone in front of him and presided over the meeting.
As usual, we first reported on the situation on Friday night and commended the three students Carter, Jeff and Kaia for their bravery...
Carter, who had no preparation in advance and no one informed him that this would happen, stood up and accepted the applause of the crowd, and then nothing happened. Compared with the country's public opinion about bravery and righteousness, it was written in such a big way that it made him want to embarrass reporters.
Instead of inviting everyone to hold a commendation meeting, Yale's praise seemed extremely perfunctory.
After quickly talking about the antecedents, the topic of the meeting also came to the consequences:
"Gentlemen, the external security situation is getting more and more serious, so much so that such appalling things have happened on our Yale campus. The need to strengthen campus security is urgent. Now, let's discuss your suggestions. Professor Thompson,
Your management school should speak first!"
As a school of management where students have actually been killed, it is fitting that the first one to speak is Carter and everyone’s eyes turned to the representative team of the school of management...
"Okay, Mr. Giamma. We at the School of Management are very sad about Brian's murder. We have the following comments on strengthening campus security:"
"First, the campus police department must be responsible for this matter! According to the testimony of the student involved, the campus police who were on duty near the law school heard the cry for help coming from Grove Street! But they did not choose to be the first to do so.
Going to the rescue caused Brian to miss the best time for rescue. If it hadn't been for Blake, Jeff and several other brave students who came forward, I'm afraid Ms. Teach would not have been able to escape her misfortune."
When Professor Thompson said this, he nodded friendly towards where Carter was. While Carter nodded in return, he couldn't help but cast a suspicious look at the campus police chief Anfinson.
Good guy, there were police nearby at that time?!
"Excuse me, Professor Thompson. I need to say a word for my police officers. It was at the peak time for the law school students to leave the study room for evening self-study, and there were students from the College of Arts and Sciences next door. My police officers
I did hear the cry for help, but without knowing the extent of the threat from the other party, I took the lead in guiding students to evacuate at the intersection of Wall Street and York Street, which is crowded with people, to avoid further harm. I think their handling procedures were not completely wrong.
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"Fart! If this isn't a mistake, what is a mistake?! Director Anfinson, are you trying to say that in order to save ten people, you would rather sacrifice one person?! Without this statement, before the law, everyone's right to life cannot be priced.
Exchange. Whether there is one person or ten people, they are on an equal footing before the power of life!"
As soon as Director Anfinson's words came out, Professor Thompson from the School of Management had not yet refuted. On the contrary, it was the Law School who spoke first. Although he was speaking for himself, he was somewhat suspected of being arrogant...
After all, the campus police evacuated your law school students as soon as possible, right?!
"In addition, when facing criminals who are committing harmful acts, the police's first priority should be to prevent the harmful behavior from happening, rather than preventing the possible expansion of the harm! If you can arrive on the scene in time and kill the criminal, what else will you do?
Is the hurt in your words magnifying?! You are making excuses!"
"Professor Martino! We do not have a legal requirement that the police must stop the harm that is occurring as the first priority. Don't forget that the police have discretion on the scene! In the case of just hearing the cry for help, they can
We foresee that a vicious crime is taking place, but we have no way of knowing whether it is committed by an individual or by a gang."
As soon as Professor Martino of the Law School finished speaking, the dean of Buckley College immediately followed up with a speech to defend the campus police department:
"It is also impossible to confirm the weapons possessed by the criminals. If it is a team-type gunman who committed the crime, just two school police officers on duty will not be able to effectively control the crime. On the contrary, it may lead to their sacrifice, and the students will not be evacuated in time, thus
Lead to a greater disaster!"
"Dean Browning, are you too selfish when you say this?! Aren't you just watching the second scene of Hewitt, which is too close to your Buckley College?! I would like to ask, the students in our college last night
What are you doing at Buckley College when you go alone and risk your own life to help your classmates in distress?!"
"Two steps away, I don't believe that no one in your entire school heard anything! What? The lives of you Buckley students are important, but the lives of our freshmen are not?!"
Chapter completed!