Political advertisement violated teacher-student social contract - Opinion
I agree with this editorial denouncing the group of 100 UVM professors who signed political ads for Sanders and Welch. The ad itself made no difference in the election outcome, but I think it's wrong for the Cynic, an 'in-house' university publication, to have published the ad and even worse that the professors would knowingly lend their names to it in the first place. On the other hand, one could argue that the teachers are publicly admitting their biases.
As the Cynic editorial aptly states:
"These advertisements are a blatant display of personal political views being impressed upon students."
Moreover, this public display of their politics, though protected by their First Amendment rights as citizens, is not in keeping with the standards I would would expect of university faculty.
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