True story, from the Farmingdale State College on Long Island, New York: A warning from the Long Island-based Farmingdale State College to “shelter in place” on Wednesday turned out OK in the end – a rifle…
Monthly Archives For March 2016
Fun Fake Sumo Wrestler Game Offends UC-Davis Students
They haven’t ever seen a sumo suit before? It’s pretty fun to mess around like that, but to be offended? Come on. Photo by ninahale Photo by ninahale
About 150 University of Georgia Faculty and Students Protest Campus Carry Bill
They fear that the bill, if passed and signed by the governor, will create a “Wild West” scenario at Georgia’s universities. Um, has that happened at any Texas university or college, which has a similar…
Melissa Click, Fired Mizzou Professor, Writes Op-Ed to Make Her Case
She said that she shouldn’t have been judged for her hasty and imperfect action to take part in a protest, asking, “What would our world be like if no one ever took a chance?” Click…
Mizzou Board Rejects Melissa Click’s Appeal of Her Firing
Melissa Click, the fired mass media communications professor, appealed her termination to the university’s Board of Curators and that her firing violated her First Amendment and academic freedom rights. The board, however, rejected the appeal…
Common Core: Show Me the Money
It turns out that Common Core’s creators might be demonstrating the same ethos Cuba Gooding’s character demonstrated in the film Jerry Maguire when he said, “Show me the money.” “An undercover journalist for a nonprofit…
St. Patrick’s Day is Cultural Appropriation, College Op-Ed Claims
The solution? Not drinking of green beer or flying an Irish flag on St. Patrick’s Day at all. Photo by avrene Photo by avrene
Former Yale Basketball Captain Plans to Sue Yale over Expulsion
From the College Fix: Jack Montague held his tongue for weeks after he mysteriously left Yale – right as the basketball team he led was blazing toward the NCAA Tournament. Now his lawyer says Montague “intends…
The 7 Harsh Realities that Millennials Must Understand
This is pretty much a “please grow up, Millennials” type post. Worth a read, though. Photo by House GOP
Students at Cal Poly Oppose Oil Trains
So would they be in favor of the Keystone XL pipeline, theoretically? Or how about an oil pipeline in California? Photo by ATOMIC Hot Links Photo by ATOMIC Hot Links