How the woke Ivy Leagues are handling the Trump's election win: Listening circles, coloring with crayons and canceled classes

Elite colleges crossed the US canceled classes, postponed exams and told students they could colour with crayons to header with Donald Trump's resounding triumph successful the statesmanlike election.

Ivy League schools Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania some told students they could instrumentality the time disconnected successful the aftermath of Trump's Election Day triumph.

At Harvard, classes ranging from applied mathematics to the survey of past Greek heroes were called off, The Harvard Crimson reported.

At the University of Pennsylvania - Trump's ain alma mater - professors hastily adjusted exam schedules and offered further enactment to students reeling from Trump's win, The Daily Pennsylvanian reported.

At Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy, a 'Self-Care Suite' for students offered students the accidental to play with Legos, doodle with crayons, and munch connected beverage and cookies 'in designation of these stressful times,' The Free Press reported.   

Dartmouth College offered distraught students a decompression meal and listening circles to console them after Kamala Harris mislaid the 2024 statesmanlike election. 

Event organizers astatine the Ivy League schoolhouse encouraged its students to 'be disconnected the grid the time aft the election' and to articulation them astatine Moosilauke Ravine Lodge for a 'decompress dinner' connected Wednesday evening. 

'Bring a book, a craft, and a person to the lodge,' it said, according to a docket obtained by the Daily Caller. 

Back connected its main campus, the New Hampshire schoolhouse besides offered Democratic and Republican 'listening circles' that forbade 'policy debate' oregon treatment of candidates 'strategy.' 

But rather, it would beryllium a 'supportive environment' wherever students could stock with like-minded peers their 'hopes, concerns and reflections astir our country's direction,' the docket announced. 

They besides offered an 'open space' for each planetary students to 'reflect connected the election,' arsenic good as, arsenic a module listening circle. 

Additional counseling - a work already offered to students - was besides added to assistance students header with the nation's decision. 

On Friday, Dartmouth volition besides let Democratic and Republican students to travel unneurotic for a sermon authorities without interrupting each other  successful a 'respectful abstraction wherever radical crossed the governmental spectrum tin stock their hopes, concerns, and experiences.' 

The assemblage volition extremity its post-election events with a 'first-generation bureau wellness dinner.' 

Roughly 75 percent of the survey assemblage planned connected voting for Harris, according to The Dartmouth, a assemblage publication, recovered successful a poll. 

Only astir 20 percent of students said they would ballot for Trump, who yet won the race. 

Seventy-six percent of students polled said they believed the state was connected the 'wrong track,' according to the collegiate publication. 

At Michigan State University adjunct prof Shlagha Borah shockingly informed students she was canceling people wholly to 'grieve' the results.

'As a queer, migrant pistillate of colour, I cannot, successful bully conscience, spell connected astir my time similar everything is alright,' Borah wrote successful a connection that rapidly went viral aft being shared by the X relationship End Wokeness.

'This is simply a large humanities lawsuit that we are witnessing,' she added. 'I anticipation you instrumentality this clip to instrumentality attraction of yourself.'

Meanwhile astatine Princeton, the assemblage rolled retired 'Post-Election Listening Circles' to assistance students header with the results, offering some virtual and in-person 'safe spaces' for affectional processing.

'We person been proceeding astir tons of anxiousness from students astir the election,' University Spokesperson Jennifer Morrill told The Daily Princetonian, adding that the circles supply 'a non-judgmental spot to stock feelings astir the election.'

The Ivy League instauration adjacent hosted an 'Art Build' lawsuit done its Environmental Activism Coalition to assistance assemblage members explicit their election-related emotions done coloring and different originative means.

Biden consoled the federation connected Thursday, 2 days aft his VP and erstwhile moving mate mislaid the race. 

'I cognize it's a hard time. You're hurting. I perceive you and I spot you,' Biden said. 'A state chooses 1 oregon the other. We judge the prime the state makes.

'You can't emotion your state lone erstwhile you win. You can't emotion your neighbour lone erstwhile you agree,' Biden said. 'A decision does not mean we are defeated. We mislaid this battle. But we tin get backmost up.' 

He congratulated Harris connected her historical campaign, and invited President-elect Trump to conscionable with him successful the White House.

He expressed his committedness to ensuring a creaseless modulation to power.

Harris formally conceded her run connected Wednesday with a nationalist code astatine her alma mater, Howard University.

The affectional vice president admitted 'this is not what we wanted' arsenic she took the signifier astir 12 hours aft the contention was officially called for the erstwhile president.

Harris, however, besides vowed to assistance with the peaceful transportation of powerfulness adjacent arsenic she said she would proceed the conflict aft Trump's ascendant victory.

'While I concede this election, I bash not concede the combat that fueled this campaign,' she said.