Sit-ins at $60,000 per year

Reporters barred from Smith College sit-in held in solidarity with University of Missouri students unless they support movement | masslive.com

"NORTHAMPTON -- In an effort to create a safe space free from potential insensitivity from the news media, activists at Smith College barred reporters from covering a sit-in Wednesday that drew 300 to 500 students."

No kidding. And backing them up is this college official:

"Stacey Schmeidel, Smith College director of media relations, said…'It's a student event, and we respect their right to do that, although it poses problems for the traditional media,’"

First amendment, first schamendment: Who needs it. 

Granted, students at Smith and nearby Amherst colleges, which cost upwards of $60,000 per year to attend, and at Yale, just down the road a piece, which comes in at a paltry $40,000 per year, complaining about their lack of privilege is a tad bizarre but it’s pretty much what kids at upscale colleges do. Smith students famously uninvited Christine Lagarde from making a commencement speech a few years back—didn’t meet the college’s high standards. 

Although Yale, in its defense, did give a degree to George W. Bush.