Strong words from a key lawmaker who presides over the school’s funding: Georgia State Rep. Earl Ehrhart wants the head of Georgia Tech’s president on a platter unless he puts an end to the sham…
Monthly Archives For March 2016
Fired Mizzou Professor Melissa Click Blames ‘Conservative Voices’ for Her Dismissal
Oh, because the conservatives at Mizzou outnumber liberals and the conservatives run the world *sarcasm font*: Melissa Click, who was fired by the Board of Curators late last month and initially justified her action as trying…
Trigger Warnings Curtail Debate, Literally
For some time now, sages and scholars have been alleging that so-called “trigger warnings” curtail vigorous debate on campus. It turns out that the allegation is more than mere hyperbole. “In college debate, which, unlike…
Student Paper at Cal-Berkeley Threatens to Close if Student Fees Aren’t Added to Support Them
The University of California-Berkeley’s student paper, The Daily Californian, begged students to vote for a student fee to support their operation. Photo by hyperion327
New Mexico College Students Protest Ban on Stun Guns
The university banned stun guns on their campus, so students are protesting to have the option to have stun guns for safety reasons. Photo by campcophotos
No Free Speech Problems on America’s College Campuses, Some Democratic Congress Members Disagree
In a hearing on free speech on college campuses, Democrats dismissed the idea that free speech is under fire at liberal academic institutions like colleges and universities: The subcommittee’s Democratic members, however, refused even to…
University of Tennessee Students Interrupt Basketball Game, then Surround Congressman’s Car
The thing is, the university’s diversity office (yes, there is such a thing at the Univeristy of Tennessee-Knoxville) doesn’t even receive federal funding, which was why the protesters were upset in the first place: “Who…
Less than 20 Students Push Seattle Pacific University to Adopt Microaggression Reporting System
Well, another one bites the dust and bows to social justice activists: Seattle Pacific University’s administration folded to many of the demands of the SPU Justice Coalition – apparently composed of fewer than 20 students…
Gay Marriage on the Rocks
Outside of academia, even gay marriage supporters are dubious about the Supreme Court’s legal logic in legalizing it. “When I read Justice Kennedy’s decision, I wanted to embroider it on a pillow but wondered if…
Young Americans for Freedom Group Called ‘KKK’ by Critics
Oh, that’s not fair at all, plus it’s very inaccurate. After protesters’ efforts at thwarting conservative speaker Ben Shapiro from delivering a talk last week were unsuccessful, campus progressives have turned their attention to the…