Well, at least they apologized instead of condemning the outrage. Harvard Dean of Student Life Stephen Lassoed and Dean of Freshmen Thomas Dingman have released an apology for the “Holiday Placemat for Social Justice” distributed…
Monthly Archives For December 2015
Update on China’s Detention of Labor Activists
Via the AAUP’s Academe Blog, here’s the background: On December 3, authorities detained 20 labor activists in Guangdong Province. Four have been placed under criminal charge, several are unaccounted for, and the rest have been…
Cornell Bans All But Snowflakes from Holiday Decorations
Snowflakes at Cornell, both for holiday decorations and an apt description of many college administrators and students nowadays.
Pros and Cons of Tenure
At year’s end, we thought, looking over copy for 2015, that we could get a snapshot of how tenure works in academe. Ultimately, we came up with 14 arguments for tenure and thirteen against but…
Ted Cruz Calls Out Parents, College Students for Being ‘Pampered’
Well, Ted Cruz is probably right, given recent developments on college campuses.
Christian College Under Fire for Suspending Hijab-Wearing Professor for Equating Christianity with Islam
Wheaton College is under fire for putting one of their professors on leave for comparing the two religions, which by the way, Wheaton College is a Christian college.
Professors and Rights Groups Defend Due Process Rights
Wait, due process has to be defended?! What is this world coming to?
Rutgers Celebrates 250th Anniversary by Reminding Everyone of Oppression
Don’t really get how celebrating one’s 250th anniversary by remembering the “enslaved and disenfranchised” people in the school’s history is a good idea.
Muslim Voices Against Radical Extremism
At the Heritage Foundation recently, several voices against radical Islam and extreme Islamist ideology stood as a stark contrast to the spokesmen represented in the typical 24-hour news cycle. Naser Khader, a member of parliament…
UCLA Resolution Bars Taking Sides in Israel-Palestine Conflict
Uh, free speech, anyone? No?