A college president in Oklahoma is defiantly standing by his controversial view that today’s students are too sensitive and too quick to play the victim card.
Dr. Everett Piper, the president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University, posted a message on the school’s website last week, saying college students expect too much coddling and declaring: “This is Not a Day Care. It’s a University!”
The blog post gained attention in the wake of a growing number of students protesting racial discrimination and other issues on campuses across the country.
Piper wrote that he chose to share his frustrations publicly after a student, who has not been identified, complained about being “offended” by a sermon given at the Christian liberal arts college.
Piper said on a local radio program, “The Pat Campbell Show,” that when he heard about the incident, he asked to see a copy of the sermon, thinking he might find something sarcastic or abrasive. In his opinion, the message was innocuous, Campbell said on the radio show.
The sermon was on the Bible passage 1 Corinthians 13, which includes the verse “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.” The sermon was about love, Piper said.
“It appears that this young scholar felt offended because a homily on love made him feel bad for not showing love,” Piper wrote in his post. “I’m not making this up. Our culture has actually taught our kids to be this self-absorbed and narcissistic.”