Students are chiming in with both cheering and crying after the presidential election.
Ivy League University Dartmouth College is offering students a "Democratic Listening circle" and psychological counseling after Kamala Harris' defeat, according to The Daily Caller.
Dartmouth’s schedule of “post-election events” includes a two hour “Democratic listening circle,” described as “a supportive environment where Democratic voters can share their hopes, concerns, and reflections about our country’s direction.” The school also offered a five-and-a-half hour “Decompress Dinner” on Wednesday, in addition to three hours of mental health counseling on both Wednesday and Thursday.
On the flip side, a simple social media search will turn up numerous videos of young people celebrating the election results.
Students at Grand Canyon University, a private Christian university in Phoenix, Arizona, erupted into cheers upon learning that Trump's victory had been declared.
At least this known response from Dartmouth leadership is nonviolent.
The College Fix reports that a University of Oregon administrator has been placed on leave by the school after posting an expletive-filled tirade on social media. In the video Leonard Serrato, the assistant director of fraternity and sorority life, encouraged anyone who voted for Donald Trump to jump off a bridge.
Matt Lamb is Associate Editor with The College Fix.
"Different student newspapers have been reporting that their students are feeling anxious or feeling upset about the election. I do think actually, to be fair to maybe some of the more the Kamala Harris supporters, that a lot of these student newspapers need to do a better job of reaching out and finding conservative voices because I would imagine conservative voices, Republican students, independent students who voted for
Trump, are obviously happy that he won."
Time for conservative students to be bold
Lamb added this could be a sign of an outreach opportunity .
"You know, what's interesting about Trump's victory is that he did very well with young people. He did very well with young men. Overall, this doesn't apply just to colleges, but I think he won like a majority of Latino men. What I would say actually looking forward for the College Republican groups and for the other conservative groups on campus is that this shows they could make inroads with students of different ethnic backgrounds that they may have thought would not be open to the Republican message."