Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
NB. Everything in this video is prefaced as either being an allegation or my own personal opinion and interpretation of facts and information publicly provided. All individuals I reference are referenced only insofar as they are public figures and, therefore, can be criticised. I have done so respectfully and with the pure objective of educating and informing an audience. Nothing I have conveyed or said is defamatory or slanderous: All statements and points made constitute fair comment on a matter of public interest; namely, opinion which any person could honestly hold, based on facts known at the time of publishing.
PARTS
0:00 The problem with modern elite universities
3:13 Who is Mackenzie Fierceton?
13:48 The night of September 22nd, 2014
17:03 Mackenzie's admission's essay ("...the transition from childhood to adulthood")
22:08 First-generation low-income students (according to UPenn)
27:41 Why did UPenn's university officials 'expose' Mackenzie?
39:45 Conclusion
LINKS, REFERENCES, SOURCES
- THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION:
▪️ Her University Celebrated Her Inspiring Story. Then It Started Asking Questions by Tom Bartlett - chronicle.com/article/the-dredging
▪️ Letter to the Editor by Professor Anne Norton and Professor Rogers M. Smith - chronicle.com/blogs/letters/penns-treatment-of-mackenzie-fierceton-has-been-shameful
- THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER (NB. The Inquirer has not published anything, including the alleged feature-length expose, about Mackenzie since Wendy Ruderman's article in November 2020)
▪️ inquirer.com/education/rhodes-scholar-university-of-pennsylvania-mackenzie-fierceton-lafayette-20201122.html
- THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN
▪️ thedp.com/article/2022/01/rhodes-scholar-recipient-fierceton-withdraws-scholarship-following-university-investigation
▪️thedp.com/article/2020/11/penn-rhodes-scholar-mackenzie-fierceton-university-of-oxford
▪️thedp.com/article/2017/04/college-freshman-needs-to-raise-150000-in-the-next-two-weeks-to-open-a-homeless-shelter
▪️ thedp.com/article/2020/06/petition-anti-police-penn-philadelphia-george-floyd
- ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
▪️ stltoday.com/news/local/columns/joe-holleman/former-st-louis-woman-who-spent-time-in-foster-care-named-rhodes-scholar/article_86858bd8-db7d-5d38-975f-1d95e0969402.html
- BIG TRIAL | THE PHILADELPHIA TRIAL BLOG (www.bigtrial.net)
▪️bigtrial.net/2021/12/lawsuit-pillow-talk-conspiracy-between.html
▪️ bigtrial.net/2022/01/penn-loses-round-one-in-pillow-talk.html
- THE COMMON PLEAS COURT OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY: MACKENZIE FIERCETON (PLAINTIFF) VS. BETH WINKELSTEIN, WENDY WHITE, LOUISA SHEPARD, TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, & THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (PDF)
▪️documentcloud.org/documents/21174416-penn-answer
- WALL STREET JOURNAL (ON THE RHODES SCHOLARSHIP)
▪️The Rhodes Scholarship Turns Against Its Legacy of Excellence by David Satter - wsj.com/articles/the-rhodes-scholarship-turns-against-its-legacy-of-excellence-11620412428
- THE AMERICAN MIND
▪️ Institutional Sociopathy: American Education and the Cult of Victimhood by Helen Roy - americanmind.org/salvo/institutional-sociopathy
CREDITED YOUTUBE CHANNELS:
Living St. Louis - youtube.com/c/LivingStLouis
Noah's_Story_Arcs - youtube.com/user/101Pendragon
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING! Do subscribe and like and comment down below🙂. I appreciate your time and engagement.
NB. Everything in this video is prefaced as either being an allegation or my own personal opinion and interpretation of facts and information publicly provided. All individuals I reference are referenced only insofar as they are public figures and, therefore, can be criticised. I have done so respectfully and with the pure objective of educating and informing an audience. Nothing I have conveyed or said is defamatory or slanderous: All statements and points made constitute fair comment on a matter of public interest; namely, opinion which any person could honestly hold, based on facts known at the time of publishing.
PARTS
0:00 The problem with modern elite universities
3:13 Who is Mackenzie Fierceton?
13:48 The night of September 22nd, 2014
17:03 Mackenzie's admission's essay ("...the transition from childhood to adulthood")
22:08 First-generation low-income students (according to UPenn)
27:41 Why did UPenn's university officials 'expose' Mackenzie?
39:45 Conclusion
LINKS, REFERENCES, SOURCES
- THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION:
▪️ Her University Celebrated Her Inspiring Story. Then It Started Asking Questions by Tom Bartlett - chronicle.com/article/the-dredging
▪️ Letter to the Editor by Professor Anne Norton and Professor Rogers M. Smith - chronicle.com/blogs/letters/penns-treatment-of-mackenzie-fierceton-has-been-shameful
- THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER (NB. The Inquirer has not published anything, including the alleged feature-length expose, about Mackenzie since Wendy Ruderman's article in November 2020)
▪️ inquirer.com/education/rhodes-scholar-university-of-pennsylvania-mackenzie-fierceton-lafayette-20201122.html
- THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN
▪️ thedp.com/article/2022/01/rhodes-scholar-recipient-fierceton-withdraws-scholarship-following-university-investigation
▪️thedp.com/article/2020/11/penn-rhodes-scholar-mackenzie-fierceton-university-of-oxford
▪️thedp.com/article/2017/04/college-freshman-needs-to-raise-150000-in-the-next-two-weeks-to-open-a-homeless-shelter
▪️ thedp.com/article/2020/06/petition-anti-police-penn-philadelphia-george-floyd
- ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
▪️ stltoday.com/news/local/columns/joe-holleman/former-st-louis-woman-who-spent-time-in-foster-care-named-rhodes-scholar/article_86858bd8-db7d-5d38-975f-1d95e0969402.html
- BIG TRIAL | THE PHILADELPHIA TRIAL BLOG (www.bigtrial.net)
▪️bigtrial.net/2021/12/lawsuit-pillow-talk-conspiracy-between.html
▪️ bigtrial.net/2022/01/penn-loses-round-one-in-pillow-talk.html
- THE COMMON PLEAS COURT OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY: MACKENZIE FIERCETON (PLAINTIFF) VS. BETH WINKELSTEIN, WENDY WHITE, LOUISA SHEPARD, TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, & THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (PDF)
▪️documentcloud.org/documents/21174416-penn-answer
- WALL STREET JOURNAL (ON THE RHODES SCHOLARSHIP)
▪️The Rhodes Scholarship Turns Against Its Legacy of Excellence by David Satter - wsj.com/articles/the-rhodes-scholarship-turns-against-its-legacy-of-excellence-11620412428
- THE AMERICAN MIND
▪️ Institutional Sociopathy: American Education and the Cult of Victimhood by Helen Roy - americanmind.org/salvo/institutional-sociopathy
CREDITED YOUTUBE CHANNELS:
Living St. Louis - youtube.com/c/LivingStLouis
Noah's_Story_Arcs - youtube.com/user/101Pendragon
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING! Do subscribe and like and comment down below🙂. I appreciate your time and engagement.

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