No diversity on campuses

Unfortunately, this hits between the eyes:

This evening, Ray Luc Levasseur, a convicted terrorist who served 18 years of a 45-year sentence, will participate in a "Colloquium on Social Change" at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, sponsored by a "progressive" faculty group called "Social Thought and Political Economy."

Levasseur was the leader of the United Freedom Front, which worked for social change from 1976 to 1984 by bombing government buildings, robbing banks, murdering a New Jersey state trooper, and attempting to murder two Massachusetts state cops. Given the academic mindset, the only surprise here is that unlike William Ayers, Levasseur isn't a professor.

On October 6, the U. Mass. administration canceled Levasseur's participation due to an outcry from police unions and pressure from Governor Deval Patrick, who doesn't need additional baggage when he runs for reelection next year.

On Monday, the university reversed its earlier decision and paraded its virtue in the process.