{"id":18817,"date":"2013-09-10T17:56:43","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T21:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=18817"},"modified":"2013-09-10T17:56:43","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T21:56:43","slug":"welcome-to-california-higher-ed-janet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/18817\/welcome-to-california-higher-ed-janet\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to California Higher Ed, Janet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you think President Barack Obama has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/obamas-syria-speech-is-now-a-dual-challenge\/2013\/09\/10\/8a5c7b30-1a2d-11e3-a628-7e6dde8f889d_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">difficult job<\/a> delivering an on-the-fly speech about the situation in Syria, consider what his former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is about to step into.<\/p>\n<p>In language that\u2019s better suited for an updated version of the movie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0110759\/\" target=\"_blank\">PCU<\/a>, a gaggle of liberal student groups in the University of California system sent a <a href=\"http:\/\/action.dreamactivist.org\/california\/sanctuary\" target=\"_blank\">letter<\/a> to Napolitano, who became UC\u2019s first female president upon leaving the Obama administration.<\/p>\n<p>After introducing themselves as \u201cstudent leaders in the statewide multicultural progressive coalition that represents students who are underrepresented and marginalized within the UC System,\u201d the petitioners \u201cdemand that you [Napolitano] implement the following across the UC system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These include \u201cmaking the system a \u2018sanctuary\u2019 for illegal immigrants, barring the use of system funds or resources going to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement (which Napolitano oversaw in her previous job), impose mandatory sensitivity training on campus police and prohibit police from interfering with student demonstrations,\u201d according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2013\/09\/10\/militaristic-napolitano-hit-with-laundry-list-demands-from-liberal-ucal-groups\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The letter, posted on Sunday, demands a meeting with Napolitano on Wednesday. For her trouble, the students promise to \u201cdo our best to cooperate with you in setting this up so all parties can have a productive conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Funny as it is to see a liberal like Napolitano have to take such people and demands seriously, it is still ridiculous that a <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sacbee.com\/capitolalertlatest\/2013\/07\/napolitanos-salary-as-uc-president-570000.html\" target=\"_blank\">highly compensated<\/a> public official like her has to spend precious time and resources stoking the entitlement mentality of perennially aggrieved people.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, that\u2019s part of the job description when leading many modern higher education bureaucracies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you think President Barack Obama has a difficult job delivering an on-the-fly speech about the situation in Syria, consider what his former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is about to step into. 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