University of Florida Ben Sasse Protests Baseless

Last week, Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) visited the University of Florida, where I am a junior. Earlier this month, Sasse announced that he intends to leave the Senate and accept the position of president here at UF; he had come to campus to answer questions and address various groups.

As an admirer of the senator who agrees with 90 percent of his politics, I was saddened by the news that he was set to leave the Senate. But that sadness dissipated when I learned he was set to come to UF. Putting Sasse’s political views aside (as he promised to do as president), he has some innovative ideas to bring to the campus. Unfortunately, some of my fellow UF students seem to disagree. And they decided to make their disagreement known through a mindless, pointless display of the sort of campus agitation that had, up to this point, not been a feature of my time here.

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Scott Howard is a University of Florida alumnus and former intern at National Review.

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Last week, Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) visited the University of Florida, where I am a junior. Earlier this month, Sasse announced that he intends to leave the Senate and accept the position of president here at UF; he had come to campus to answer questions and address various groups.

As an admirer of the senator who agrees with 90 percent of his politics, I was saddened by the news that he was set to leave the Senate. But that sadness dissipated when I learned he was set to come to UF. Putting Sasse’s political views aside (as he promised to do as president), he has some innovative ideas to bring to the campus. Unfortunately, some of my fellow UF students seem to disagree. And they decided to make their disagreement known through a mindless, pointless display of the sort of campus agitation that had, up to this point, not been a feature of my time here.