I tend to have the radio on all night long. Sometimes in the middle of night, if I wake up I may hear something on the radio that sounds off the wall. So, I will sit up and listen to make sure what I heard was correct.

This one story that I heard recently was about the University of Arizona which was looking to hire a Diversity Official. They loved two applicants for the one position so much that both were hired: one at a salary of $214,000/yr and the other salary of $216,000/yr. After the two Diversity Officials put their heads together, they came up with a brilliant plan on how students can handle what they deemed offensive remarks towards them. These remarks can be from fellow students or  from college professors. The two Diversity Officials brilliantly came up with two words that would be a perfect solution for the offender and offendees. These two words should be adopted by NATO and by all world leaders and we would have peace forevermore. All the person has to say who felt they were offended by a remark someone said to them is, “OUCH!” The person who hurled the offense will acknowledge what they did and say, “OOPS!”

This was included in a 20 page handout. For $30,000 I could come up with something just as brilliant and save the university the amount of money in the header which would have brought tuition cost down. Imagine sending your child to this university and paying this outrageous salary for two Diversity Officials to come up with this nonsense.

When I was growing up, as kids we were always making crazy remarks to each other and talking like kids do, but we resolved our differences. Diversity Officials were not needed, especially at these ridiculous salaries. Frankly, I think a lot of these positions being created are scamming parents who are paying good money to send these students to these colleges to learn how to be productive members of society and to learn how to support themselves.

Are they going to be holding their hands from cradle to grave? As we’ve stated in other editorials, maybe there’s going to be a time when brick and mortar institutions of learning may have to go by the wayside. A lot of these institutions are teaching students nothing. If I was a parent and I am paying all this money for my child to go to a higher institution of learning, they better come back to me with more than saying they’re a safe space to go to. You can come home and find a safe space right here in the house. I really don’t have $200,000 to have you learn about having a safe space or have students have a protest or sit-down to change the name of the university. C.M.