On this President’s Day, let’s recall the words of Abraham Lincoln in his Gettysburg Address: “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and…
Monthly Archives For February 2017
Penn Frat Beer Pong Team ‘Viet Pong’ Offends Students
Everything is offensive, even a beer pong team name from a Penn fraternity: A member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and his date have miffed Asian students at the University of Pennsylvania after it was…
Maryland Politicians Consider a Bill on ‘Affirmative Consent’
From The College Fix: “Affirmative consent” is a fuzzy concept even for adults, which is why one of them taught 10th graders in California that they must say “yes” every 10 minutes during sex or it becomes…
University of Cincinnati to hold a Workshop on ‘White Fragility’
Sounds like the college ‘snowflake’ generation needs a workshop on their ‘white fragility’ at the University of Cincinnati.
White Pins Worn by Students to Remind Selves of White Privilege
Elizabethtown College students began to wear white pins to remember white privilege, per The College Fix: The campaign was launched over the weekend by the Elizabethtown College Democrats, who say it aims to make students at the small…
Gettysburg Anti-Capitalist Student Group Builds ‘Trump Wall’
From Campus Reform: The Gettysburg College Anti-Capitalist Collective (GACC) assembled a “Trump wall” made of paper boxes in the school’s library labeled, “THIS IS THE WALL THAT TRUMP IS BUILDING.” Seven individual signs plastered on…
Research Universities File Brief against Donald Trump’s Executive Order
Interesting development from academia, where universities signed onto an amicus brief against President Trump’s executive order on refugee vetting.
Clemson University Faculty Signed Up for Anti-Trump Protest Group
From Campus Reform: Faculty members and students at Clemson University, inspired by a trending anti-Trump manifesto, are amping up their political boycotts of the country’s new president. The protest group, known as “Indivisible Clemson,” explicitly…
Study: Extreme Protest Tactics Hurt Protesters’ Case and Public Support
From Campus Reform: Blocking traffic, damaging property, rioting, and other forms of extreme protest behaviours can reduce popular support for social movements, a new study concludes. The study, Extreme Protest Tactics Reduce Popular Support For Social…
University Held ‘Vagina Monologues’ Inside a Church
From The College Fix: Student groups at Plymouth State University, which hosted a six-week series exploring “the intersections of sexuality and spirituality,” are now offering the “Vagina Monologues” presented inside a church. As part of…