From The College Fix: President Donald Trump has fascist tendencies, is a misogynist, and his election victory has brought changes “not for the better,” several Cal State Long Beach professors told students Wednesday during a lunchtime teach-in…
Topic: academia
Oft-Repeated ‘Warmest Year on Record’ Claim is Erroneous, say Climate Scientists
From The College Fix: Recent stories from a variety of sources, including NASA, the Financial Times, and the New York Times report that Earth’s temperature reached a record high in 2016. The high frequency of these claims cast the…
University of New Mexico Student Gov’t Partially Funds Conservative Speakers, but Liberals are Outraged
The University of New Mexico student government decided to partially fund two conservative speakers, Christina Hoff Sommers and Ben Shapiro, to the amount of $5,000 per speaker (or about half of their total speaking fees)….
Outrage at Amherst College over Dorm Hall Assignments for Not Being Accommodating to Transgender Students
Outrage mob assemble at Amherst College! Amherst College’s Residential Life Department had released some recent changes to its housing and “room draw” process for the coming academic year, and it didn’t take long for it to…
Students at San Diego State University Float Idea of Eliminating School ‘Aztec’ Mascot
Everything is offensive, so we MUST get rid of it! *sarcasm font* From the College Fix: The Native American Student Alliance at San Diego State University held an event on February 15 to “discuss” ditching…
College Republicans Blamed for Anti-Semitic Valentine’s Day Card, but It Wasn’t Them
The Central Michigan University chapter of College Republicans apologized for an offensive Valentine’s Day card that was snuck into one of their Valentine’s Day bags (and a picture of it went viral). However, upon further…
Suspension Rescinded: Student who Recorded Professor’s Anti-Trump Comments is Back in Class
According to the Orange County Register, Orange Coast College student Caleb O’Neil had his suspension and other sanctions lifted by the college administration. He was supposed to be suspended for two college terms (i.e. semesters) and…
Hundreds of College Campuses Push Students to Monitor Each Other’s Words
From the Washington Examiner: At Appalachian State University, students reported on one another for chalked messages that were pro-Trump as well as chalked messages calling Trump a “RACIST.” The former were reported by students as…
Report: 38% of American Colleges have Bias Response Teams that Focus on Speech
Per the Foundation of Individual Rights in Education (known as FIRE), bias response teams are oppressing free speech across college campuses in America. From their report description: Throughout 2016, FIRE surveyed bias reporting systems at…
Psychology Student Assignment is to Look at Store Shelves for ‘Dominant Group Privilege’
From Campus Reform: An Aurora University professor recently required students to visit local stores and observe the number of products geared toward minority groups in order to make them aware of privilege. The “Experiencing Discrimination—The…