The University of Oklahoma has a center called the “Gender+Equality Center” and they don’t like Adele’s song, “Hello.” Photo by AlexKormisPS (ALM)
Monthly Archives For February 2016
Indiana University Proposal looks to Avoid Search Warrant for Frat Houses
Wait, when did we decide to arbitrarily enforce the Constitution and Bill of Rights? Photo by aschweigert
UConn Introduces Black-Only Dorm Hall for Black Students
It sounds like segregation, doesn’t it? Photo by gtalan
American Colleges Ignore Violence Against Jewish Students in Israel and the U.S.
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared in The Observer and appears courtesy of the author and the Louis D. Brandeis Center. When New Jersey lawyer Stephen Flatow sent an email to some history professors earlier…
We Covered Ted Cruz Back in 2010: Cruz on Obama’s Harvard Background
Editor’s Note: The original article can be read here, but it is re-posted below: The last Republican president and his Democratic successor both graduated from schools within Harvard University and that should probably be a…
North Carolina Professor says Paper was Rejected due to Ideological Differences
The premise of his paper displeased the editors of an academic journal, he claimed. Photo by evoo73
Georgetown Stops Students from Passing Out Bernie Sanders Materials
Georgetown University administrators claimed that their non-profit status could be in jeopardy if campaign material were allowed to be passed out on their campus. Sounds somewhat reasonable, but several rights groups criticize this typical maneuver by the Ivory…
Oxford University will Keep Cecil Rhodes Statue after Alumnus Threatens to Pull $144 Million
Money talks. Photo by BiblioArchives / LibraryArchives
Aging at the MLA
One way in which the world’s largest conclave of English professors—the Modern Language Association (MLA)—lives up to its name is to leave attendees at its annual conferences with a new vocabulary that they cannot shake….
Feminists Force University to Not Recognize Men’s Rights Group
This is Canada for you: Ryerson University has denied the final appeal to recognize a student group dedicated to addressing issues impacting men because feminists said its existence does not promote equality and would make…