SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE.

In the case of the oh-so-woke University of Pennsylvania, that's troubling.  "In the Sheldon Hackney days, the University of Pennsylvania was anything but an institution that valued free speech, particularly for students."  The university might have changed its most repressive speech codes, they had a green rating for a while, now it's yellow.  Their president did not inspire confidence in the wake of the Jihadi Fan Club running wild on campuses until the weather turned foul.

The good news is people grasp the consequences.  Margaret "University Diaries" Soltan offers what she terms an "occasional series" calling attention to "Why Trump won."  "In an Instagram story that went viral this week, Julia Alekseyeva, an assistant professor of English and media studies [at U Penn], appears to refer to Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old Penn grad, as the “icon we all need and deserve.”"  The professor in question was not done.  "'I have never been prouder to be a professor at the University of P3nnsylvania,” Alekseyeva wrote in a post on TikTok.  You know, cuz U Penn was the school what made Mangione what he is today."

Professor Soltan is not part of the Twitchy or College Fix cheering section.  William "Legal Insurrection" Jacobson might be.  Nevertheless, his "Whether Radicalized Culture at U. Penn Influenced Luigi Mangione Needs To Be Looked Into" is on point.

How was it that he couldn’t be pushed any further? When you get somebody from that background—and a lot of domestic terrorists in our history have been from privileged backgrounds, like the Weather Underground people—if you’re going to have the Elizabeth Warren attitude that you’re entitled to do whatever you need to do by any means necessary because you’ve been pushed too far in your own lived experience, that’s a recipe for disaster. Unfortunately, it’s a recipe that is prevalent on a lot of campuses.

Barrington Moore might be long dead, and yet there are lots of fourth-rate successors around, riling up students.

The College Fix recently reported that Professor Alekseyeva owned up to her errors.

Jeffrey Kallberg, deputy dean of the UPenn School of Arts and Sciences, also issued a statement Wednesday calling the professor’s viral posts “antithetical” to the university’s values.

“Upon reflection, Assistant Professor Alekseyeva has concurred that the comments were insensitive and inappropriate and has retracted them,” Kallberg stated. “We welcome this correction and regret any dismay or concern this may have caused.”

An English and media studies professor, Alekseyeva’s research includes “radical leftist politics.” In April, she won an award from the university for “distinguished teaching.”

“Julia is one of Penn’s most innovative, rigorous, and effective teachers. Her teaching combines academic rigor with the ability to inspire and motivate students,” the award announcement stated.

Whether her research into "radical leftist politics" includes "struggle session" and "constructive self-criticism" is yet to be determined.