It is one of the many ironies of our modern age that one of the places that the first amendment is designed to benefit—the academy—is so maladroit in using it. “What, exactly, is the tension…
Monthly Archives For March 2016
Student Gov’t Candidates Push for 24/7 Counseling Hotline, Diversity Initiatives
Welcome to American University, where sources of funding don’t matter to student government candidates. How will they get all the funding for a 24/7 hotline? Photo by ehpien Photo by ehpien
First Graders Taken to a Black Lives Matter Rally by Teacher
Adding to this is the principal’s insistence that this is the right thing to do, overriding parent’s objections. Photo by kveets94 Photo by kveets94
Some Columbia Students Praise Intifada and Conveniently Ignore the Violence and Harm
It means tax evasion, guys, not actual violence and killing of Israelis, according to some activists at Columbia University . Photo by joegaza Photo by joegaza
New Jersey School Board: Criticizing Vegetarianism is Harassment
Really? A sixth grade student at a school in New Jersey’s Somerset Township was sentenced to “five lunch-time detentions” for criticizing a fellow classmate’s vegetarianism. The student had told his classmate “it’s not good to…
Student Gov’t Leader: Right-Handed People Privilege Exists
Wait, what?! A University of New Orleans student government executive argues that aside from white males, college students, U.S. citizens, and even right-handers need to “check their privilege.” Darius Miner, who serves as Chief Justice…
Trigger Warnings Started in Internet Chat Rooms Years Ago, says FIRE President
From Campus Reform: The president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), Greg Lukianoff, told Fox Business’ Adam Shapiro that college students are “absolutely kidding” themselves if they believe they’re safer in a…
Virginia Tech Students Claim Economics’ Bell Curve Author as Racist
Charles Murray, a respected conservative economist, co-wrote a book on the famous bell curve in economics. But, liberal Virginia Tech students are calling him racist. Photo by vlasta2 Photo by vlasta2
Red Bull, 5-Hour Energy Drinks Banned at Vermont College
Middlebury College doesn’t like energy drinks, apparently. Photo by :Salihan Photo by :Salihan
Late-Term Abortions through Academic Eyes
Of three professors who recently testified before a congressional hearing on late-term abortions, two actually looked at it from the baby’s perspective. “There is no reason to believe that a born infant would feel pain…