Mizzou Students and Faculty Take a Stand

I think what happened at Mizzou was something that no one expected. The football team really got their point across by not attending practices or playing in games. I believe that is the University President would've taken charge when the students sent them the letter; then, nothing like this would have ever happened. Maybe the President got scared because he didn't want to get involved in the racial problems on campus. If he would've done something, which he should have, then the other group would have retaliated against the President. Instead the President hesitated causing the students to take charge to get justice. I believe that these kind of protests are valid. One reason, they was not becoming violent towards anyone. They was not destroying the town and rioting; they were just getting there point across. They wasn't going to rest until something was done. Other actions could have been taken to get around this situation. The university needs a leader who will take charge. One who will go ahead and address the situation at hand and deal with it; because with the football team going on strike like they did really hurt the college. Now you have to deal with fines that the NCAA throws at the college for the football team not playing in there football games. The teachers went on strike and told the students not to come to class. With them walking out like that, there's no one teaching or doing their jobs; costing the college a lot of money.