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pointments.” Evidence that a domino effect is


They Just Can’t Cope!


Colleges rush to soothe “severely traumatized” students after Trump’s election.


W BY ALICE GIORDANO


hen donald trump won the presidential election, there was much disappointment on the


Democrat side, but the inability for America’s youth to cope with the out- come was nothing short of troubling. Meltdowns and temper tantrums


more reminiscent of toddlers not get- ting a new toy abounded at university campuses populated by adult-age stu- dents across the country. At Georgetown University’s McCourt


School of Public Policy, faculty tried to soothe the “severely traumatized” stu- dents with milk and cookies, Legos, and coloring books in something the college called self-care suites. “The only thing missing is a blankie,”


wrote Free Press reporter Frannie Block of the top-ranked graduate school where future “diplomats and policymakers are molded.”


Feeling Their Pain


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irginia Tech offered a host of “restorative practices,”


including what it dubbed “gentle yoga” and “guided stretches.” The University of Michigan


provided art therapy for grappling students.


36 NEWSMAX | JANUARY 2025 “They have learned to never let a cri-


sis go to waste,” Carol Swain, a nation- ally renowned conservative pundit, told Newsmax. “It’s a manipulation game — leverage to get what they want.” Swain, whose legal opinions have


been cited in U.S. Supreme Court cases, is a former political science, law, and public affairs professor for Vanderbilt University and the founder of Unity Training Solutions, an alternative pro- gram to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training. She is also a former senior fellow


in constitutional studies for the Texas Public Policy and founder of Be the Peo- ple Project, a nonprofit that educates Americans about conservative values. Swain said the root of the problem


lies with college mentors and other lib- eral influencers who have long been grooming younger generations into an infantile state of mind, especially when it comes to flailing at the “sight of disap-


Syracuse University did


an emergency rollout of “rock balancing for mindfulness” for anguished academics, along with election-related stress therapy sessions. The University of Oregon set up an entire week of therapy for students in response to Donald Trump’s win, with events such as spending time with


behind a young population riddled with histrionics comes from myriad reports of surges in calls to crisis centers imme- diately following the election. Crisis Text Line, for example, report-


ed that its volume of calls increased nearly 30% in the wake of Trump’s tri- umph.


Swain said conservatives like her


laughed when the educational commu- nity introduced safe spaces and phrases like “trigger warnings.” “We said, ‘Wait until they get into the


real world and find that the real world doesn’t cater to their feelings.’” “Well, we were mistaken,” she


added. The campus environment, she


laments, has infiltrated corporate America. Aside from turning workplac- es into daycare centers, it has created a generation incapable of competing in the real world market. She is also among many who believe


that a lack of prayer in the lives of America’s youth is likely a cause behind their waning coping capabilities. Ann Marie Banfield, a New Hamp-


shire-based education policy analyst, agrees that a lack of faith as a fall- back could be contributing to the grow- ing population of hand-wringers. But she told Newsmax that an even bigger culprit is the left’s method of turning disciplinary problems into psychiatric issues. “We have turned schools into psych


wards where there are no consequenc- es,” said Banfield.


“Quacktavious the Therapy Duck.” Missouri State University,


through its health center, offered what it called self-care activities such as “calm jars, coloring pages, and sensory fidgets.”


The University of


Massachusetts at Boston, as part of a “Coping and Balance” workshop set up for any


unhinged students, offered dog therapy — typically used for children who have suffered severe sexual abuse trauma.


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