#campus-violence

#campus-violence

For the third time this school year, students at Oakland's Skyline High School were put into a "secure school protocol" this afternoon. Parents received a notice at 1:57 p.m. of a medical emergency that involved teachers and students being put into the secure protocol, where they are not allowed to leave the classroom they're in. A message sent at 2:07 p.m. said, "The lockdown is lifted and we will be dismissing students at the gate."

In a year already defined by polarization and violence, the assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University plunged higher education into crisis. The killing of one of the nation's most prominent conservative activists on a college campus has been weaponized by political factions, prompting administrative crackdowns and faculty firings. What were once familiar battles in the campus culture wars have escalated into something more dangerous: a struggle over the very conditions of inquiry, where violence, scandal and political pressure converge to erode academic freedom.