But when Dr. Phyllis Wise, chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign opted to keep the doors open despite painfully frigid temperatures earlier this year, Wise, an Asian American, was blasted on social media by students tweeting profane laden racist and sexist rants.
“In room with Phyllis Wise, Adolf Hitler and a gun with one bullet. Who do I shoot,” read one.
“Phyllis Wise is the Kim Jong Un of chancellors,” read another.
