VIDEO: Napolitano won’t take ‘crap’ from students

University of California President Janet Napolitano apparently didn’t realize the mic was on. Talking to to Board of Regents Chairman Bruce Varner about student-protest chants, she said, “Let’s just break. Let’s go, let’s go. We don’t have to listen to this crap.” Here’s the YouTube:

According to CBS News, Napolitano was responding to about 24 student protesters who had taken off their clothes down to their underwear in opposition to the proposed 28 percent tuition hikes over five years.

“It’s an insult to have her as the president of UC,” said protester Kristian Kim. “I don’t know where she’s coming from, but I’m assuming she’s never had to deal with these issues personally. So I can understand why there would be a disconnect there.”

Napolitano later apologized.

CBS News added that, earlier in the meeting, public comments from Napolitano directly to the students were more congenial. She said, “They want to be sure that their voices are being heard and I want to commit to them that their voices are being heard.”

Napolitano’s annual salary is $570,000 per year. That’s 42 percent more than that of President Obama, whom she served under as the secretary of Homeland Security.



John Seiler

John Seiler

John Seiler has been writing about California for 25 years. That includes 22 years as an editorial writer for the Orange County Register and two years for CalWatchDog.com, where he is managing editor. He attended the University of Michigan and graduated from Hillsdale College. He was a Russian linguist in U.S. Army military intelligence from 1978 to 1982. He was an editor and writer for Phillips Publishing Company from 1983 to 1986. He has written for Policy Review, Chronicles, LewRockwell.com, Flash Report and numerous other publications. His email: [email protected]

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