Chicago Morning Answer radio show host Dan Proft said that Northwestern University has always been a very political institution.
“It’s morphed a little bit, like along identity politics lines, but it’s not changed in any material way, it’s gotten less tolerant because the administration is a lot weaker.” Proft told host Jansons or Weiss on the Lake Forest podcast. “I went to Northwestern, and back when I went there 30 years ago, it was a hotbed of Marxism”
“Arnie Weber, who was president when I was there, was a lot more committed to the free marketplace of ideas on a college campus than the presidents who’ve succeeded,” Proft said. “And certainly Schill, the current one, is laughable. He’s an embarrassment.”
This full episode is available on Apple Podcasts andSpotify.
The December 30 edition of the podcast focused on school choice and the state of education in Illinois.
The Lake Forest podcast is hosted by Pete Jansons, an entrepreneur with a background in neuroscience, Rick Lesser, an attorney and former village trustee, and Joe Weiss, who has experience in multiple government and public service positions. The podcast covers topics and politics impacting the area around the city of Lake Forest, according to the Lake Forest podcast website.
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