At the Modern Language Association (MLA) annual convention in Philadelphia this year, we got to see some of the “Creative Responses to Black Lives Matter” They included: A filmed street theater presentation on “The Shooting…
Monthly Archives For January 2017
Why did a Catholic College Send Students to Pro-Abortion Women’s March on Washington?
From Campus Reform: St. Catherine University, a two-campus Catholic school in Minnesota, sent two busloads of students to the pro-abortion Women’s March-Minnesota on Saturday. “On Saturday, Jan. 21, nearly 100 members of the University community…
‘Safe Place’ at University of Kansas for Women-Only Lunchroom for Muslims
From The College Fix: The University of Kansas maintains a women’s-only lunchroom that’s largely utilized by Muslim students, a venue billed as a “safe place” for them. “It is mainly used by Muslim women because…
Students Protest Trump’s Inauguration
Students at the Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, University of Texas at Austin, University of Illinois-Chicago, USC, UCLA and Cal-Irvine, to name a few, protested the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President…
Ohio State Students had a Safe Space for Trump’s Inauguration
From The College Fix: “The purpose of this event is to foster a safe space for the Ohio State campus community to connect with one another, support aspirations, and empower growth and change,” organizers state. The…
Why did Georgetown University Not Fly the American Flag on Inauguration Day?
It isn’t clear why the Catholic higher education institution in Washington, D.C. did not fly the American flag on Inauguration Day, but it could be reasonable reasons such as the school was closed for the…
Californians Wanted a Day Off School to Protest Donald Trump’s Inauguration
School was already scheduled to be shortened due to exams, so it wouldn’t really make a big difference to cancel it: Oakland Unified School District spokesman John Sasaki said most high schools have exams tomorrow…
From MLA to Women’s March: Remedial Revolutionaries
As we saw from interviews with students at last weekend’s protests, higher education, and lower, probably need to spend more time on self-improvement and less on self-esteem, just to further their own interests. For example,…
Marquette Won’t Lift Suspension on Conservative Professor Until He Apologizes
From Campus Reform over John McAdams’ suspension at Marquette: Dr. John McAdams has been on paid suspension since December 2014 for a blog post in which he calls out another instructor, Cheryl Abbate, for telling students not…
Michigan Community College Arrested Student for Passing Out Constitutions
From The College Fix: Michigan’s Kellogg Community College arrested and jailed a student and two “associates” for passing out pocket copies of the U.S. Constitution on a campus sidewalk last fall, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday…