From The College Fix: The instructor, Central Falls High School’s Seth Kolker, says he organized the trip to “help students ‘channel their fear, anger and confusion’” post-election, according to the Providence Journal. “When I mentioned the…
Monthly Archives For January 2017
Conservative Group at Wisconsin Called a ‘Hate Group’ in Petition
From The College Fix: The Student Coalition for Progress at the University of Wisconsin-Madison recently pushed a petition that alleged University of Wisconsin Madison’s Young Americans for Freedom chapter is a hate group and its members and efforts “create…
MLA Comedy Stylebook Not Funny
Here’s the problem with the English professors at the Modern Language Association (MLA) attempting to define humor: They’re not funny, at least intentionally. “Theories of life-writing do not work in stand –up comedy,” Dale Tracy…
Ban Milo Yiannopoulos from Campus, ‘Anti-Fascism ‘Advocates Tell Cal-Berkeley
Apparently, being “anti-fascist” means that you want to ban free speech by a controversial public figure like Milo Yiannopoulos. Oh the irony: One UC Berkeley group, named Berkeley Antifa, created a Facebook event dedicated to disrupting and…
Socialist Student Group: Walk Out on Inauguration Day
Socialists are banding together to walk out of schools on Trump’s Inauguration Day. Hopefully, these anti-Trump types won’t beat up a pro-Trump supporter, like what happened in Maryland.
Judge to Georgia: Illegal Immigrant Students Should be Charged In-State Tuition
A Georgia judge told the University of Georgia system that it has to charge illegal immigrant students in-state tuition. The university’s Board of Regents will challenge the ruling, since at least one previous ruling had…
Civil Rights History, Queered
Occasionally, professors at the Modern Language Association (MLA) have good points to make. Unfortunately, they soon get buried in the MLA’s favorite themes and concepts. “Chicago remains one of the most deeply segregated cities in…
1,300 Professors Sign Petition to Ask Senate to Reject Jeff Sessions as Attorney General
Even with his federal prosecutorial experience, 1,300 professors do not think Alabama U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions is qualified to be the next Attorney General. This from Campus Reform: The petition cites allegations of “prejudice against African Americans”…
Student Body President at FIU Sent Anti-Trump Holiday Message
Wonder if people would be doing this if Hillary Clinton won the election. This from Campus Reform: The Student Body President of Florida International University sent a campus-wide email to air grievances about President-elect Trump’s…
Implicit Bias Training is Ineffective, Researchers Say
From Campus Reform: The Columbia Missourian recently reported that the University of Missouri has required all members of faculty search committees to undergo unconscious bias training, but a groundbreaking new study shows that implicit biases have…