To Ron DeSantis, New College is a laboratory in which he can test his theory that it is possible to change culture through force of will. Charlie_McCann reports for 1843 magazine
”, a reference to a private, Christian college in Michigan steeped in the conservative movement. DeSantis called for the college, as he has done others in Florida, to abolish “diversity, equity and inclusion” practices and replace them with “equality, merit and colour-blindness”; and to hire faculty with expertise in “free enterprise, civic virtue, family life, religious freedom and American principles”.
Many feel that the campus is no longer their own. The new trustees and interim president roam the grounds, sometimes trailed by film crews. Reporters follow in their wake . One of the new trustees was the subject of a death threat emailed to the college. An anonymous Twitter account claimed that local members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, two far-right militias, would maintain order at the trustees’ meetings.
Yet when discussion turned to how exactly the students should respond, the goodwill dissipated. There are two main factions on campus. Harrity is among the leaders of a group who want to engage with the trustees in hopes of limiting the damage, as they see it. In the meeting it was suggested that Speir, who co-founded a Christian high school, would be receptive to student concerns.
Campus culture is similarly unconventional. There is a club called Anarchy Deathsticks, for knitting enthusiasts. There are survivalist games pitting humans against humans pretending to be zombies. There are parties at a palm-tree-shaded court which the Florida legislature has recognised as the Centre of the Universe . That court is paved with bricks on which alumni have engraved messages such as “This is not a brick” and “This place is not for everyone”.
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