UC students to UC President Napolitano: Apology not accepted

Scott Sutton, Digital Editor at Sun Times Network

University of California students aren’t letting President Janet off the hook just yet.

Though she apologized for calling a student protest “crap,” student groups are calling for her to reissue the apology, but this time not only for using a derogatory term.

From SF Gate:

The UC Student Association issued a statement Friday saying the apology didn’t go far enough because it covered only her regret for using the derogatory word, captured on UC’s video of the regents’ meeting Wednesday.

“Students do not see President Napolitano truly championing free speech – in all its forms – as a valued feature of university life and measure of free society,” the statement said. “Students should be able to demonstrate their concern peacefully – or noisily.”

On Wednesday a few dozen students interrupted a regents meeting, upset about the five-year tuition increase of up to 28 percent set to begin in the fall — not including room and board.

Police in riot gear stood between the students and regents, and just as police were about to kick the protestors out of the room, a video caught Napolitano turning to the regents’ chairman, Bruce Varner, saying, “Let’s go. We don’t have to listen to this crap.”

From SF Gate:

Even as Napolitano apologized on Thursday for saying “crap,” she appeared to admonish the protesters, saying, “We have public comment (time) to listen to comments about serious things expressed seriously.”

[Source]: San Francisco Sun Times