University president to students who feel victimized: 'This is not a day care'

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One university president recently sent a strong message to students who raise concerns over campus activities, including lectures and sermons, that make them feel uncomfortable: "This is not a day care," wrote Everett Piper, the president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University, in a blog post spotted by Inside Higher Ed Monday. "This is a university!"

In the midst of debates over campus protests and trigger warnings, Piper wrote of a student who he said recently spoke to him about a university chapel sermon that made him feel bad for not showing love. Here's the president's response to him, and to other students who may feel similarly:

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.