On-campus protests have been a hot topic across the nation and at the University of Chicago, in particular, since another dean of students, Jay Ellison, wrote to undergraduates in August warning them "Our commitment to academic freedom means that we do not support so-called trigger warnings, we do not cancel invited speakers because their topics might prove controversial, and we do not condone the creation of intellectual 'safe spaces' where individuals can retreat from ideas and perspectives at odds with their own."